I do not expect to write every day from St. Louis. Our official days are long and there are unofficial meetings both before and after sessions. So we'll take it a day at a time.
For today, you might consider reading this post from Chris Ritter. Chris puts his spin on a pre-conference meeting in Illinois. You need to take everything he writes with a grain of salt. There are reports out of Illinois that differ significantly from what he writes.
What I want you to focus on is a number that I do believe. Ritter shares that the WCA vote count from the U.S. is 180. Sounds like a lot until you remember that there are 504 delegates from the U.S. Multiple sources in favor of the OCP have said that we will have 2/3 of the U.S. in support. So that you don't have to do the math, 180 is 35%. In other words, Ritter and the WCA have confirmed what we've been saying. 2/3 of the United States, including a majority from every jurisdiction (region) of the U.S., support the One Church Plan.
The magic number for any proposal to pass is 433. The WCA has conceded that 324 of those votes will come from the United States. If the OCP does not pass it will be because fewer than 109 of the 360 Central Conference delegates, less than 30%, choose not to allow the U.S. to adapt to our cultural reality. I think that is very unlikely.
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