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Originally Posted by Steve Epley
Elder thank you. I did not go to Tulsa and have no intention of joining. But these men as great expense and cost to themselves have made this step. Only time will tell the outcome. I wish them well as I do the godly men in the UPC.
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Elder:
I have absolutely said this is a control movement. And I will stick by that. However, at no time, have I commented on the presence of God or the lack thereof. Those who do are foolish...
If you must leave an organization, by all means, leave. Each and every one of us have that right to do so. My comments have addressed only the questionable ethics about the "ways and means" that these brethren have left. Remaining IN an organization while taking premediated action to bring about its hurt, using UPCI data while not obtaining the necessary approvals, fees, etc. and lastly, actively recruiting its membership by letter, personally or by surrogates.
Secondly, when this same resolution (essentially the same, I should say) was defeated at an earlier GC, would we expect and/or endorse similar action should it have been taken by UPCI ministers with the opposing view?
I would oppose on ethical grounds any similar actions, either from the left or the right of our organization. An organization founded on questionable personal or corporate behavior has for itself, an inauspicious start.
