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Originally Posted by triumphant1
Dan,
I was evangelizing in California at that time. "Tragedy" was preached at Landmark the year that the "resolution" came down...I believe 1992? Anyway, he didn't say, Not to sign the AS" because there wasn't one yet. He just encouraged everyone to remember that the UPC was made up of at least 2 diverse Pentecostal group (PCI and PAJC) and that they decided to "fellowship the difference".
In that sermon was the first I had heard of the 'fellowship the difference" concept.
The ultimate plea in the message was that we should not go the route of drawing lines that were never meant to be drawn during the merger...and that warring with each other only serves to hurt the generations that follow--because of the division it continues to bring as more and more lines of separation are drawn.
He uses illustrations about how the UPC had become more and more polarized through the years where now (then-1992) things that would remove you from fellowship used to be accepted in leadership--"a pearl necklace on Clyde Haney's wife, beards, etc...)
I have the tape for sure...I would just have to sift through boxes to find it...if you want a copy pm me your address and I'll see what I can do
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On bolded above I must have a foggy memory on the timeline. This sermon was obviously preached after the 1992 conference but BEFORE the first affirmation letters were sent out...and that is what I was remembering; it was before something...just not the GC but the AS...if Fudge's 1993 Landmark date is correct--I believe it is.
I don't remember him saying not to sign the AS in his message...only a plea for "fellowshipping the difference."
When I find the tape I'll listen to it again...
Sorry....