There would have been greater impact if the opposition had gathered around a single Notice of Motion but this was not to be.
It is difficult at this point to assess the wider impact of the decision
However there will be some immediate consequences:
1. Secular partners - with whom we have worked and built good relationships- will disengage from us very soon That is the nature of secular institutions
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2. Our Ecumenical friends ( although more generous than our secular partners ) will quickly make future
plans without us
3. Morale among staff and students in many institutions will now be at a low level
Redundancies will now be on the agenda
and winding up of institutions will begin.
There has been generated an enormous amount of unease around the process and many have concluded that their voice has not been heard
It is interesting to observe that no theologian of repute or senior ecumenical leader voiced their support.
All this leads to an urgent healing process to be undertaken
It immediately raises the need for the President, Vice President and General Secretary to begin that process
The healing process could begin by these three Church officers meeting and listening to theologians who recently expressed their concern in the Methodist Recorder.
At least this would be a first step.
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