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Re: Need Scripture about transfer
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
To be fair, we don't know that. This may be a relic of years gone by when a saint left a church and moved to another area and said "Hey, Im one of you. I want to join your church" to some new church/Pastor.
That church and Pastor have no idea if this person really did come from another UPC. They don't know under what circumstances he left and if he was in good standing.
I can see it as a safety precaution for other churches in a day and age when not everyone had a Telephone or we didn't have everyone's number
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You're right, Prax. We don't know why it started. Has anyone ever tried to change it in the manual? If it only has historic significance surely it would be easier to reword in the manual than issues like video...
How does one pastor determine if a member of another church is in good standing with God, with or without a letter of transfer from a pastor?
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