Posted: 04/18/2010 at 11:35am | IP Logged

George Wood is disturbed about some people, whom he suspects, signed the document after he did.

Pentecostal Head Retracts Name from Civility Covenant

by Audrey Barric, The Christian Post

SPRINGFIELD, MO - Dr. George O. Wood, general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, asked that his name be removed from "A Covenant for Civility," which was released in March.

"I do not want my name or the Assemblies of God to be associated with persons who claim to be in the Body of Christ yet reject the moral teachings of Scripture," Wood told freelance writer and conservative Christian blogger John Lanagan.

Lanagan expects others to follow suit.

More than 100 Christian leaders from a wide range of theological and political backgrounds signed the covenant, vowing to model civility in public discourse and agreeing to disagree respectfully "without falsely impugning the other's motives, attacking the other’s character, or questioning the other's faith."

Some of the other signatories that have raised a red flag for conservative Christians include Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity; Lillian Daniel, senior minister of a First Congregational Church which is pro-gay; and Dr. Ken Brooker Langston, director of Disciples Justice Action Network which is pro-choice.

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Read "A Covenant of Civility"