It is possible that the Southeastern California conference committee misunderstood how obviously their action counteracts the spirit and letter of both Scripture and the recent decisions of repeated General Conference sessions. What we have before us is an obvious violation of the spirit of recent actions with which we are all aware. What we have in the above is a plain attempt at smoothing very troubled waters. The article says as much itself, when it states that the result of the action of SECC was to equalize commissioning and ordination credentialing. Again, the action taken has produced a bare-naked sophistry, a distinction without a difference.
Confusion is an interesting word.
If it is meant in a George Orwellian sense, we could concur. There is confusion. Many are wondering. Perhaps I speak for many when I suggest that we are tired of this sophistry. We are not buying.