Evidently the response was pretty strong as the report I heard is that the 6 coordinators all cancelled their flights and lined up preachers for their Sunday services so they can stay over the weekend to process all the requests for membership.

I thought that was unique to say the least.

I will say this though. I think that, over a period of 1-2 years there will be alot more that will be leaving not only the UPC but also other org's especially if this group keeps the spirit that has prevaded in this meeting!

Unique indeed.

Oh, I'm as relax as you are... Just inquiring... :happydance

And thanks for the blessings.

My advice:.....emulate what you experienced. Please don't come back and give the incredible results and men a bad name. Please emulate their spirits.

I am not as interested in what is said as what is done. The Tulsa 6 have told brethren they do not have to leave the UPC to be a part of this new "fellowship" which will allow them to form a competing organization within an organization complete with a foreign missions, home missions, youth, education, SS, and ladies department, and even bible quizzing. They can fellowship each other and ostracize the rest of the UPCI.

Again, why stay UPC? There will be no end to the friction as the two camps drift apart fellowship less and disagree more.

A house divided against itself cannot stand. How the leaders think we can peacefully co-exist is beyond me. It will not happen. There will be a new organization completely separate from the UPCI in time. It does't even take a prophet to predict it.

So again, I don't care as much about what is said in the pulpit by the master orators of the Tulsa 6. The are careful word crafters. What will be the results of the decisions that are made?

I completely agree...

I grieve for the loss of great men in our midst. However, we have already lost them. James said that men went out from us because they were not of us.

Many of the men at Tulsa have already formed associations that shut out others in the organization, even to the extent of sponsoring alternate youth camps and such like.

As dissapointed as I am about the loss of community, I have this vain wish that the men in leadership of the WPF be forthcoming about their intentions.

They will be out in time, because they have already left in the heart.

The thing that really bugs me is that these men are very crafty speakers. I feel that a bill of goods has been sold to those in attendance. There is NOTHING right about division....

This buisiness of co-existing....what are these people thinking. It is a very sad day! I grieve in my spirit over this.

But.....Life does go on and so does the work of God. THe job will be as it has always been, get to work reaping the harvest! Bro. Tenney say...Keep the main thing the main thing! I intend on it!

I am from California, and can tell you first hand....*I refuse to go into details, (don't agree w/mud slinging) but we are ones that have looked for other alternatives. Not to shut anyone out....no one was excluded. Just HAD to. Drastic changes caused it.