I think some care what you guys think and some don't. But whether individuals care or not, the fact is that you clearly have a say in what our name is, or rather what it isn't.
I would like to take a moment to clarify something.
One of my last official acts in a staff capacity was to participate in a
3+ hour long staff meeting via messenger in which the staff discussed the SF/PC forum issues. As one of the only WoF representatives of the staff in that meeting (rmw was there too, on and off), I made it clear that I had no problem with the name non-WoF and that I didn't believe changing the name was necessary, nor that it would solve anything.
However, despite that fact, a "clear majority" of the
13 present staff members, most of whom were NOT WoF, recommended the name change. So to be clear, it was the staff who recommended the name change, and not the WoF membership.
All that said, let me say something that I've already said before. Non-WoF people do not represent 1) all of the Charismatic movement, and/or 2) the "mainstream" Charismatic church. Therefore, it would be patently dishonest to claim the name "Charismatic", and then redefine it in such a way to exclude people who are truly "Charismatic" from being able to speak freely in the forum.
Charismatic simply means that we operate by the grace of God in the gifts of the Spirit that He has provided for us.
It is, however, difficult to make any name suggestion for you, given that the prevailing attitude from the non-WoF forum is the belief that "Scriptural Truth" only exists from non-WoF and that the apparent goal is to keep the "leaven" of WoF out of the forum and to prevent WoF from "evangelizing" in there. These are just 3 comments that I've read in that forum over the past week...
I think "Charismatic - Reformed" is my best suggestion, because by the forum's own admission, they've done away with the "excess" of the Charismatic movement, hence the "reformation".
, we just believe it is his will for us to be healed, blessed, ....
