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Originally Posted by aegsm76
Interesting. Did those on the conservative side leave due to the affirmation statement or were there other reasons?
I ask because one of the main pastors behind the affirmation statement was very conservative.
Also, the LaGrande church was UPCI until around the time of the WPF withdrawal.
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Those that were on the overly conservative side left because of the wording of the statement. They felt that the UPCI was being too controlling. Funny but in our state, the statement was the defying role that caused about 1/3 of our minsters to leave the UPCI and not all of them were of the liberal mind set. As a matter of fact, the pastor that I was associate to did not teach a set standard of holiness from his pulpit, but he still stayed in UPCI.
Thank you for the info on the Lagrande church. I could not remember even though I had friends that attended the LaGrande church. By the way if you are from the LaGrande area do you Know of Dan Saterwhite or Larry Bankston?