Statement of beliefs of the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT)

About this website Sponsored link. The importance of faith/belief statements: We feel that every denomination, para-church organization, religious group, and religious web site should consider creating a statement of belief or faith and displaying it prominently. This is particularly important among Christian groups who may use the term "Christian" to refer to only the Roman Catholic Church, or only to Evangelical Protestantism, or to the full range of Christian denominations and beliefs, or to some other subset of the religion. Quite often, when we visit a Christian web site for the first time, we have to search around among its articles to find out exactly what Christian belief system they follow and promote on their web site. That said, the following is our attempt at a statement of belief. OCRT Statement of Belief: We are a multi-faith group. We believe in: About accuracy in our essays: About our use of the BCE/CE date notation: Related essays on this web site: Sponsored link: Sponsored link

FWCC-EMES Consensus decision-making Members of the Shimer College Assembly reaching a consensus through deliberation. Consensus decision-making is a group decision-making process that seeks the consent of all participants. Consensus may be defined professionally as an acceptable resolution, one that can be supported, even if not the "favourite" of each individual. Consensus is defined by Merriam-Webster as, first, general agreement, and second, group solidarity of belief or sentiment. Objectives[edit] As a decision-making process, consensus decision-making aims to be:[2] Alternative to common decision-making practices[edit] Consensus decision-making is an alternative to commonly practised adversarial decision-making processes.[5] Robert's Rules of Order, for instance, is a process used by many organizations. Consensus decision-making attempts to address the problems of both Robert’s Rules of Order and top-down models. Historical examples[edit] Decision rules[edit] Agreement vs. consent[edit] Near-Unanimous Consensus[edit]

Annual Rainbow Gathering - 2012 Edition - Annual Rainbow Gatherings The Annual Rainbow Family Gathering is celebrated during the first week of July (1st - 7th) and is hosted in a different National Forest within the United States. Since approximately 1972 there has been an Annual Rainbow Family Gathering every year with some states having hosted more then one Gathering within it's borders. Of all the various types of Rainbow Family Gatherings, The Annual Rainbow Family Gathering of the Living Light is by far the largest of Family Gatherings. In high years the mass of family can exceed 30,000 souls and has also enjoyed the energy much the same with as few as 7,000 belly buttons in attendance. These rather large freeform gatherings are attended by a broad and diverse spectrum of people although the hippie movement has a larger appeal to the media. This is an open freeform counsel process that allows for all views and conciderations. Submenu Back in History - Refresh