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Federal Gospel Authority Holds 4th Annual Congress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zNFduONf6Q

The Federal Gospel Authority is the ruling conglomeration of the Gospel Church of Caryton and serves as a second kind of cabinet alongside the main cabinet in the country, responsible for representing ecclesiastical affairs within the country and ensuring the Church's policies are correctly implemented. Dorothy Shirleyton serves as the current head of the Federal Gospel Authority and has called for their fourth annual meeting to be held in the second largest city of Abraham, conveniently across the massive freshwater Retriever Lake from Georgine. The meeting commenced at a leisurely 12:00 PM and lasted until a cozy 5:45 PM.

The first topic to be discussed would be the future of the Spiritual Republic of Caryton's economic model. Church authorities were consoled, and in a near unanimous decision, the nation voted to retain an agrarian economic model. Even despite likely diplomatic pressure from Artarum, it was decided that the nation's integrity of a farming state must be kept alive by the power of the church. However, it was recognized that this current rural-urban ratio was economically unsustainable. Using the model that if 50 percent or more of the population is farming-based, the nation is agrarian- the Gospel Church of Caryton issues a decree hoping to urbanize 30% of the population for industrial labor and to develop a handful of the hundreds of thousands of small towns into small cities- and to grow the population of strategic cities like Georgine. This statement would be released to support the tiny-house movement Dorothy Shirleyton established to do just that. It is hoped that this transition clears up much needed lands for family farms to grow and mechanize enough to be economically competitive in the global market while still retaining the simplistic life pushed for by the GCC.

The second item on the agenda would be the growth of the Joyful Prophecy Temperance Union. Seeing as the Spiritual Republic of Caryton is the only nation on the map to have (and successfully implement) a total state of prohibition, the representatives of the JPTU in the meeting would seek to spread the fight for temperance outside of the Carytonic sphere of influence. Resources would be better allocated to advocate for temperance against all things banned in Caryton's Prohibition Act in Zhongwangguo, attempting to popularize the fight for a dry state in the region. The JPTU would formally approach Artarum and Westbeech again with a different request- for the former country, an Artarumen Christian-based sister branch of the JPTU to advocate for prohibition. For the latter, a secular substance awareness foundation which serves to advocate for prohibition on a pragmatic level that appeals to the population of Westbeech. However, the mainstream JPTU remains deeply influenced by the GCC.

The third item on the agenda is the growth of the Gospel Church of Caryton. The Federal Gospel Authority would seek to double the amount of missionaries in circulation, expressing particular interest in missions in Zhongwangguo, and a formal request to send missionaries to the state of Vespergale and Island Zero. A debate on approaching Artarum about removing the GCC's alleged 'heretic' status was defeated in fear of tensing already cordial relationships.

Going forward, the FGA moves for youth outreach to consolidate the church for younger generations.