To say there are members of the UPCI fellowship that take the politics too seriously and will do things that the majority of us find completely wrong...even unscrupulous would be accurate.
To say it is a reflection on the UPCI as a whole, could be accurate to a point but I think it would be an overstatement of the whole.
To suggest that the average saint in an average UPCI church needs to be extremely concerned is just goofy.
It's not goofy Ferd, the average saint is incouraged to be more than average and grow into leadership.
Besides that, the average Pastor is affected by this "big brothers watching" which does affect the average saint.
Your UPC Saint's and Preacher's Wake Up Call Thread... Seems like a little judgemental attitude to me...
You can't assign the whole for what a few do... I've learned it..
Just because we have some inmature folks on here who are grief causing at best doesn't mean everybody is...
I realize you have issues with the UPC but don't judge the whole barrel by the bad apples that ooze out at the bottom..
Over the past year I have received numerous threats though pm's. I had been foolish enough to share my identity with several people, and it really came back to bite me. I have had my ministry, secular occupation, and character threatened if I do not stop posting against traditional positions of the org.
I spent three hours last evening tracking down the last threat, only to be crushed to find out the anonymous culprit was someone I had considered trustworthy. I had stepped away from this user name for the last month because of all this. A few days after resuming posting as Pastor Poster this began again.
I would also warn you licensed ministers to never speak your conscience on AFF if your beliefs differ in even an insignificant way from your organization. Your anonymity is NOT guaranteed in any way.
On a personal note, I wish to clarify a misconception that seems to be floating around. I am not anti-UPC. I do have issues with several nondoctrinal items but on the whole I love the organization. I enjoy discussing these issues as the discussion helps me grow in knowledge.
Anyone who knows me recognizes that I always have and will continue to support the basic tenants of our doctrine for as long as I am a part. So to those of you offended by my posts, I sincerely apologize. Please do not threaten me again as I take these sorts of threats very, very seriously.
This is what the thread is about.....Thank God Pastor Poster started it and not me.
Some hate the Fact if I speak anything about UPC.....
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