This one was enough to bring me out of two weeks of full lurker mode.
What in the world is going on down there? It seems the DS is threatening to remove a pastor who openly admitting having a tv on his website. The DS is supposedly bringing an entourage to remove this man within a couple of weeks. He can do this because the church is affiliated.
In the meantime, the church board has voted to disaffiliate immediately. Now the full body is going to vote on it.
Couple of thoughts here.
1. It was silly for the man to go against the bylaws he agreed to follow.
2. It was silly for him to admit it on the web.
3. I can not believe they are going to prosecute, considering the current political climate.
4. The org is about to lose another church, and lots of money, over tv.
The whole thing is crazy. All over a little box that will soon be called a computer.
If the "church" has tv the org will not lose a church over tv
I did not even know it was against the rules for ministers in UPC to have TVs until I came to this message board. It is so widely known and accepted that I can not understand all of the hoopla about voting for it or against it at a general conference.
Without reading the responses..I will say that if they begin taking licenses for all those UPCI preachers with a T.V. They will be left with one district, if that to support the organization.
I have always said that the by-laws, AS statement makes hypocrits out of most of them anyway
Blessings, Rhoni
P.S. All churches need to disaffiliate anyway. It is a ministerial organization and not a church organization.
Without reading the responses..I will say that if they begin taking licenses for all those UPCI preachers with a T.V. They will be left with one district, if that to support the organization.
I have always said that the by-laws, AS statement makes hypocrits out of most of them anyway
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