Disaffiliation with the UPC????

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by revrandy

do you think that is protection or insecurity?

its not insecurity its protection and wisdom.

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

its his license not the churches

I think you mis-understand. A Minister came drop out of the org whenever he wants, but some churches have by-laws that state the Pastor must be licensed with the UPC. Disaffiliation has to do with the Church and it's property.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

I think you mis-understand. A Minister came drop out of the org whenever he wants, but some churches have by-laws that state the Pastor must be licensed with the UPC. Disaffiliation has to do with the Church and it's property.

true and if the by-laws state that then thats that. but most churches do not have that in their by-laws.im on our board also and we dont have that in our by-laws.the saints in my church are not upc but my pastor is.

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

true and if the by-laws state that then thats that. but most churches do not have that in their by-laws.im on our board also and we dont have that in our by-laws.the saints in my church are not upc but my pastor is.

Why??

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Why??

because he is the one that pays for his licensed not the church.if HE gets out then at that point our church has nothing to do with the upc.the church is not owned by the upc.they have no say so at our church.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

because he is the one that pays for his licensed not the church.if HE gets out then at that point our church has nothing to do with the upc.the church is not owned by the upc.they have no say so at our church.

It sounds like you have some anger toward the UPC in general. I'm not pointing a finger here, I felt a great deal of anger in the past toward the same org.

But the UPC isn't a monolith. It's a complex interaction of many different parts. What was it that made you feel you could not fellowship with the UPC in your area after that youth meeting you mentioned earlier?

[Whole Hearted]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

really we dont we have our own camp in ventura and youth in atwater,ca and we will fellowship with the same churches, upc or not.as of now we do not do anything that upc puts on and even if we did go to upc stuff and our pastor got out it does not mean you cant attend campmeeting and confrencess that are put on by the upc.(they dont ask if your upc)

Our church isn't affialted.

Our kids go to an ind youth camp in Baton Rouge, LA and I attend camp meeting at North Little Rock. We don't use the UPC camps.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by pelathais

It sounds like you have some anger toward the UPC in general. I'm not pointing a finger here, I felt a great deal of anger in the past toward the same org.

But the UPC isn't a monolith. It's a complex interaction of many different parts. What was it that made you feel you could not fellowship with the UPC in your area after that youth meeting you mentioned earlier?

i have no anger toward the upc.in fact that has been all that i have known all my life.its sad but i feel the upc is opening up a door that they will never be able to shut. and also it was not that one thing that made me not want to attend their meetings its eveything they have been allowing in almost all the meetings in our section.

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Whole Hearted

Our church isn't affialted.

Our kids go to an ind youth camp in Baton Rouge, LA and I attend camp meeting at North Little Rock. We don't use the UPC camps.

Steering away from the great unwashed?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by hometown guy

i have no anger toward the upc.in fact that has been all that i have known all my life.its sad but i feel the upc is opening up a door that they will never be able to shut. and also it was not that one thing that made me not want to attend their meetings its eveything they have been allowing in almost all the meetings in our section.

What have they been allowing in the meetings?