[Blubayou]

Whew! I haven't checked in with AFF in about a month! I spent about 3 hours catching up on this thread. My heart goes out to the members of this church. My family experienced something similar, but not on this grand of a scale. It brought back the emotions , confusion, grief and the feeling of being cut loose without an anchor. After, prayer and study,I realized that my relationship was with Jesus, not a church, or a pastor. I had to spend time building that relationship. I still attend a UPC church, but my eyes are open, I am not vested in it. I am vested in my relationship with Christ. I understand that the UPC is a ministerial alliance only. Their allegiance is with the ministers, just like the AMA allegiance is with doctors.
Just my two cents!