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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
KJ has a good point. The organization did help the work by supporting that work. Now every story isn’t the same. Some brothers never take any monies to build the work while they were in the UP. Therefore there is no foul. But another issue is fellowship. Breaking off with an organization which you were once committed to and your people were committed to and involved with. Again, this is a topic which is IMPOSSIBLE to broad brush.
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Im not sure how exactly our building was funded or if that would have mattered at the time we split from the UPC it was built around 1989 when the old church burned down, (insurance I guess). However there were about 4 Pastors over the years before the current Pastor (21 years now). As far as I know every pastor was a UPC minister and there were UPC card holder preachers in the church as well. However the current Pastor is a holiness preacher inside and out so over the years has instilled a love for modesty and righteousness in the church body. So over the past 20 years there was a growing separation between our fellowship, beliefs, standards, and values and the Organizations. By the time we pulled out of the Org. it was already unanimous, everyone was on board with the decision. We still use some of the Sunday school material but thankfully we no longer teach out of the old adult lessons. Old memories.....read and study the lesson and hear it preached on Sunday morning... remember those days?