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Originally Posted by Thumper
The ministerial directory is not a confidential document. Nobody signed a confidentiallity agreement when they received their directory. The membership role is public information. Now they can do what they want to prevent nonmembers from getting them but really what's the big deal. Don't like mag stick it in the fireplace or use it as a telescope when playing with small children but to make claim of unethical seems a little over the top.
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The UPCI Manual forbids ministerial membership in another organization - just as almost every other major religious body. Signing the WPF's
Application for Ministerial Membership would be a clear violation of the UPCI Manual.
While there can be benign reasons for sending out mass mailings, the very active proselytizing done by the WPF in the past, along with the deceptive communications they sent out at their founding, would tend to lead a reasonable person to conclude that their magazines are intended to serve a similar purpose.
And the UPCI Directory does come with instructions that it is not to be used to solicit for non-UPC related activities and events; or at least it used to. No signature is required, by receiving the Directory you acknowledge agreement to its terms of use. It works like the license agreement in any software that you receive, even free shareware.