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Originally Posted by chaotic_resolve

This small article is fascinating to me.

JTullock and I attended the "grand opening" of a LifeChurch.tv satellite campus. It was a new and very different experience. I liked the marketing and pre-opening buildup their marketing department did, via billboards, newspapers and the internet. (Not sure if they used tv ads or not - I don't have a tv.)

I like the thought pattern here, though it completely goes against traditional UPC thought . . . which is hold on to people at any cost. I can definitely see the benefits for both the church and the "dead-weight" saint.

I think if more Pastors utilized this train of thought, there would be healthier churches, more growth and less-stressed ministers who are currently strained and weary from dealing with unhappy, dead-weight saints who take too much of the Pastors valuable time and don't contribute to the work of the church ministry.

Along the same line of thought . . . perhaps the UPC should support and help expedite the move of conservatives out of the organization. It's clear conservatives don't like the course they feel the UPC is taking . . . so why force them or try to beg them to stay when they'll only be unhappy and will do little to help the organization as a whole. (As noted before, many of those leaving haven't really been a part of the organization the past few years anyway.)

What say you?

All of the conservatives will NOT leave the UPCI. There will be a group that stays and complains and complains and stays and complains, complains, and complains. I know this for a fact. Anyone agree? They stay for various reasons but they are unhappy.