1、CCG SOPs Ch 1: OrganisationPage 2Christian Churches of GodNo. A3 CCG Standing Operating Procedures (Edition 1.0 20090718-20090718)In order to comply with the full structure of biblical Law the following Standing Operating Procedures in accordance with CCG Constitution are to be implemented.Christian

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4、OPs Ch 1: OrganisationPage 6IntroductionCCG is to be organised into national structures along the biblical model as directed to Israel.Exodus 18:12-2712 And Jethro, Moses father-in-law, offered a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Mos

5、es father-in-law before God. 13 On the morrow Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from morning till evening. 14 When Moses father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the pe

6、ople stand about you from morning till evening? 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God; 16 when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions. 17 Moses fath

7、er-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good. 18 You and the people with you will wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it alone. 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God

8、, and bring their cases to God; 20 and you shall teach them the statutes and the decisions, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do. 21 Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men ov

9、er the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all times; every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves; so it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you do

10、 this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses gave heed to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of t

11、housands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves. 27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own country. (RSV)We see that the appointment of officers

12、 involved the choice of the people, from Moses own words. Deuteronomy 1:9-179 At that time I said to you, I am not able alone to bear you; 10 the LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a

13、thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you! 12 How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife? 13 Choose wise, understanding, and experienced men, according to your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads. 14 And you answered me, The thing that

14、you have spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at tha

15、t time, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien that is with him. 17 You shall not be partial in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is Gods; and the case t

16、hat is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it. (RSV)For that reason we involve the brethren in the choice of who will lead them..1. Thus, from the example of scripture each National Conference as it is able is to constitute, under the administration of its board, the orga

17、nisational structure of the captains of thousands. 1.1.2. Each thousand is to be internally comprised of structures of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.1.1.3. The structure shall be comprised of males who are adult according to the Bible model of adult males over the age of 20 years. 1.1.4. Males

18、 between the ages of 20 and 50 years are eligible for all active operations as classified fit for service.1.1.5. Males between the ages of 50 and 70 are classified as fit for auxiliary unit service. 1.1.6. Serious medical disability provides exemption from service.1.1.7. Females are organised in ass

19、ociation with the male core units in womens services, and may be allocated to activities to assist in catering, general health, welfare, hygiene, womans affairs and child education matters as required and their circumstances permit. 1.2. 1.2.1. The National Chairman is the Commander in Chief of the

20、structure, acting with the committee.1.2.2. Each thousand is to be known as an eleph or family unit for operational purposes. This derives from the Hebrew word for ox or family and also the numeral for 1000. Units will normally be formed from districts and townships. They are to be known by the name

21、 of that district/sub-district or its allocated unit identifier, for example, the “x” Family Unit. The organisation of the Unit is at Appendix 1. It is in fact an aggregation of Hundreds or parishes that form a basic shire unit.. Each unit is to be divided into ten sub units of the family uni

22、t. These will be known as Local Churches. As a rule a church sub unit will consist of approximately 100 able-bodied men and their families and the older people of the area. This was known as a hundred in ancient Anglo-Saxon times and the Hundreds became the basis of the Shire system. An “Hundred” wa

23、s basically synonymous with a parish and has its origin in the biblical hundreds of this legislation.. When a church exceeds three sub groups (i.e. above 150 able-bodied men) a new church would normally expect to be formed from the third and partial sub group. Depending on area, the adjacent

24、sub group may give up some ten-man sections to form the new church. A three-group sub unit may be formed from between 100 and 150 men and the sub unit commander. A church can consist of two or more sub units depending on proximity. In such case the Commanders of Hundred assist the Senior Coordinator

25、. It is undesirable that single congregations are overly large and impersonal.. A church sub unit is the optimum size for feast organisation and cooking as a group. A family unit of One Thousand is the largest combination desirable with the cooking facilities grouped from sub unit resources.

26、These may be separated in sub unit mess facilities anyway.. Most discipline and control matters can be handled at this level or referred on for more serious matters.. The commanders are church coordinators with the unit commanders known as the senior coordinator.. Each church su

27、b-unit is to be divided into two sub groups of fifty men under assistant coordinators.. Each church subgroup is to be further subdivided into groups of ten (Heb. ehser) males under the command of a deacon administrator or acolyte sub-deacon as a trainee minister. An assistant may be chosen as

28、 an assistant to the sub group commander from among these groups. This group is the normal basic group for the Passover meal in the evening of 15 Abib, the First Month.. Married females are subject to their husbands as an act of submission to the Lord (Eph. 5:22-24, NIV). Widows and unmarried

29、 females not living with their parents are coordinated by deaconesses who report to the administrators or the sub group and church commanders.1.3.1. All officers are appointed at the direction of the Coordinator General and the National Conference Committee. 1.3.2. All officers are re-credentialed e

30、very seven years at the Sabbatical Conference. 1.3.1. The appointment of elders or bishops is to be by the Coordinator General with the consent of the Board of Elders of the World Conference.Higher Organisation. As CCG has nations with more than twenty thousand people and thus more than ten u

31、nits it will be necessary to organize those into areas with Area Coordinators for each state or province or designated area. These are not to be confused with Regional Coordinators over more than one national area appointed by World Conference for missionary purposes. . The usual structure of

32、 the higher formations are listed in scripture.Davids key men were six hundred (1Sam. 23:13). They were organized according to the Mighty Men of Israel. CCG has National Committees of twelve people. These are responsible for the national operations of the churches under their national command.The ch

33、airman of the National Committee has supervisory control and is the Commander of the Three (cf. 2Sam. 23:8-17).The Three are commanders of the Thirty leaders of the National Groups. The Six Hundred of the Central Command of the Nation are commanded by the Thirty thus the six hundred are divided into

34、 Thirty groups of Twenty (30 x 20 = 600).Thus each one of the Three is a commander of ten of the Thirty (1 x 10 x 20 = 200). The 600 have the capacity to be firstly Captains of Hundreds and Captains of Thousands and latterly Captains of Divisions. Thus each nation will have the capacity to have a ce

35、ntral force of 14,400,000 plus their commanders; or 100 groups of 144,000. This is the Army of God in the Restoration under the Messiah. There are 24 Thousands to the Bible Division and 200 Divisions to the Bible Forces of the Three, with 600 Divisions to the Conference under command for all circums

36、tances (see chart attached).Each of the three groups of the Six Hundred has one of the Thirty appointed as their senior. These are those of the Second Three (2Sam. 23:20-23). The third group of the 200 formed Davids Guard. It is termed the Chairmans Guard being determined from his election until the

37、 First Resurrection. The original Thirty are listed in 2Samuel 23:24-39. The last of the Thirty was Uriah the Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, mother of Solomon. His bloodlines, from his son by Bathsheba, are found in the House of David to this day. He has to have been RxR1 basic which split after

38、 900 BCE, as their R1b and R1a YDNA is among the clans of David, obviously through Davids daughter. They are found in the clans of Dayan and Salathiel/Shealtiel to this day in Israel. There was thus understood to be transmission also in the female line.2Samuel 23:8-198 These are the names of the mig

39、hty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tah-chemonite; he was chief of the three; he wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he slew at one time. 9 And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who we

40、re gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew. 10 He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand cleaved to the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the men returned after him only to strip the slain. And next to him was Shammah, th

41、e son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the men fled from the Philistines. 12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD wrought a great victory. 13 And t

42、hree of the thirty chief men went down, and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 14 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. 15 And David said longingly, O that s

43、omeone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate! 16 Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it

44、 out to the LORD, 17 and said, Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. 18 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the t

45、hirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three. 19 He was the most renowned of the thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.We see there is a second three from the following verses of 2Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah th

46、e son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but Benaiah went down to him with a staff, a

47、nd snatched the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. 23 He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. 24 Asahel the

48、brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, 27 Abi-ezer, of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah of Netopha

49、h, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibe-ah of the Benjaminites, 30 Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim, 32 Eliahba of Sha-albon, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son

50、 of Ahasbai of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel of Gilo, 35 Hezro of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Be-eroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite

51、: thirty-seven in all. (RSV)The text shows that 2Samuel 23:20 says two ariels or lion-like men of Moab were slain by one of the thirty. However the only other place where this word is used is in Isaiah 29:1,2 which refers to the City where David lived. The name for Jerusalem is Har-El on old Egyptia

52、n monuments. Ariel can also mean either lion of God as perhaps here, or altar-hearth of God as in Ezekiel 43:15-16.This organisation is what we would expect to be used at the return of Messiah under David.Further guidance as to the structure is as follows:1Chr.27 1 This is the list of the people of

53、Israel, the heads of fathers houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering twenty-four thousand: 1Chr.28 1 David assembled at Jerusale

54、m all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men, and all t

55、he seasoned warriors. 2Chr.1 2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers houses. Thus each division is to be formed of twenty-four thousand men. . They are to be rostered for duty and

56、service month by month, as per the biblical divisions. . Until twenty-four divisions are formed the captains of thousands are to perform the duties of the divisional commanders with their Thousands. The Thousand, where not present in full strength, is to be built up from multiple Hundreds to

57、the full strength Thousand. Each of the Thousands will be used as the nucleus of each divisional command. The Twenty-four Thousands are to be formed first in their National areas. The Divisions are generally multi-purpose but they may also to be formed for special purposes and elements of each Divis

58、ion are to be formed for Medical and Education purposes.Universities are also to be formed as a core structure of the education, medical and scientific processes in the social structure. These may also be manned from the auxiliary units. All females are to be educated. Training is to be an ongoing duty of the staff at all levels to and for all levels.. The National Conferences are to appoint desig