[SDG]

Some believe that resolution 4, amended or not, is the Trojan horse that will set off a chain reaction that will result in the ultimate end of the UPC as a "holiness" organization.

I personally don't think that if it does pass ... that the organization ,as we know it , would totally abandon dress standards immediately ... or even in the next 20 years. This doesn't mean that there won't be progressive changes, however. I foresee a movement that will become more principle-based rather than rule-based.

A friend recently told me that tradition, after God, is the most powerful force in the church. There is too much tradition standing in the way for such a drastic change. I do think, however, there would be a move for increased autonomy given to local churches in regards to dress standards ... even more than today.

What say ye?