[Sam]

The UPC is not the only organization to do things like this. Back in the 1970's I was a licensed minister with the ALJC and was sectional youth leader. I went to a district conference and attended the business meeting. One matter of business was one of the ALJC pastors in the state had had a Church of God minister preach for him. I guess it had happened more than once and maybe he had been told not to do that. The pastor was not present at the meeting. It was proposed and approved by vote to pull his license/ordination. I was a young man (almost 40) and did not say anything because of respect/fear of the elders but I did not like that. I did not like the idea of an organization telling a pastor who he could or could not let preach in his church.