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Originally Posted by theoldpaths
From my understanding, the UPCI is a fellowship of ministers - not an denomination. As such, the organization has no power over a local church. Another way of putting that is that the UPCI recognizes the autonomy of the local church and a man being called by Jesus Christ to Pastor that church - not an organization.
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That is accurate. However, from a practical standpoint the org itself is still riven by the various conflicting "standards" imposed by those pastors who seldom agree on anything.
The effect that this has on the lives of the saints attending the various churches in the org is often devastating. Families are broken apart, life long friendships are abandoned. How can you build human institutions when you're constantly tearing humans apart?