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11-02-2007, 12:25 AM
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HAHA!!!
No, these are not necessarily for preachers. They are meant to equip the laity to do the work of ministry more effectively.
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I know they're not for preachers...I guess he didn't 
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11-02-2007, 12:27 AM
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I know they're not for preachers...I guess he didn't |
Too funny. 
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11-02-2007, 01:19 AM
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When I was in the UPC the church I was pastoring in the Atlantic District was one of only 7 churches that were affiliated with the UPCI back then. In the Atlantic District it doesn't really matter because they have their own NB Charter that clearly establishes that wherever there are at least six people who embrace the articles of faith of the UPC of NB, they constitute a body corporate. However, the downside to this is that a local congregation only owns their property as long as they are a UPC congregation. If they want to leave the UPC, they must turn the properties over to the parent body.
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11-02-2007, 09:58 AM
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it is no big deal and no secret that the upc and local churches have always had sovereignty issues, especially if you have a rogue district board or sup that wont to control everything and everybody which i wish i could say is rare, lol,dt
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11-03-2007, 11:43 AM
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This raises the question as to what serves the cause of Christ best, a fellowship of churches and ministers, or an organization with affiliated churches, where you have so few churches that actually affiliate, yet you have the strong organizational structure and political influences that seem to deprive the local church of its autonomy.
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11-03-2007, 11:46 AM
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This raises the question as to what serves the cause of Christ best, a fellowship of churches and ministers, or an organization with affiliated churches, where you have so few churches that actually affiliate, yet you have the strong organizational structure and political influences that seem to deprive the local church of its autonomy.
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If you and Felicity took a UPC church do you think the district would require you to affiliate it to protect them if you "went charismatic" again?
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11-04-2007, 12:26 AM
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If you and Felicity took a UPC church do you think the district would require you to affiliate it to protect them if you "went charismatic" again?
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There has been no definite decision to be credentialed, and I don't think the church would need to be affiliated. Also, we did not go charismatic. We have been part of the oldest OP organization in Canada for the past 11 years. It is more traditional than charismatic.
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11-04-2007, 06:53 AM
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There has been no definite decision to be credentialed, and I don't think the church would need to be affiliated. Also, we did not go charismatic. We have been part of the oldest OP organization in Canada for the past 11 years. It is more traditional than charismatic.
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Good for you for setting that straight!! 
That expression "they went Charismatic" has never set well with me...how does someone "go" Charismatic?!
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11-06-2007, 01:52 AM
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Good for you for setting that straight!!
That expression "they went Charismatic" has never set well with me...how does someone "go" Charismatic?! |
By not being UPC I guess. In some people's mind if you leave the only alternative is to become charismatic.
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