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Originally Posted by Charnock
Should every pastor and church be connected to a denomination?
Can there be true oversight without denominational affiliation?
Are independent churches operating in rebellion?
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It has been preached for years and independent churches (or the concept) has been condemned, because they refuse to come under any sort of accountable leadership...which you know in the UPC when you refuse to come under leadership you are instantly considered rebellious.
This notion reflected on two large churches in our city one UPC and one independent (Apostolic) that were like the Apostolic version of the Hattfields and McCoys....but not so much anymore as one of the pastors retired.
Every time saints came to the UPC from that church they were coming out of the wilderness and deadness and from darkness into the light, and when they left the UPC to go to the independent, those saints were rebellious and full of bitterness...and oh yea, were unwilling to bow to leadership.
