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Originally Posted by Stephanas
Resolution 4 will do nothing good for the UPC.
Repealing the affirmation is a non-issue. The application that must be signed for reinstatement is much more demanding than the Affirmation.
In the wake of the charges of being too liberal from the ultra-cons, the remaining UPC preachers will be out to prove that they are "holiness preachers." At least for a while the UPC will hear more, not less, standards preaching.
The UPC still forbids preachers having televisions, it still requires uncut hair, denies the existence of women's pants, and preaches a salvation message that excludes 99% of Christians from Heaven.
Don't fall for the Tulsa Tea Party's claims that the UPC has become liberal - that's a smoke screen - I have no idea what's behind the smoke, but it's smoke I smell.
Will you join a UPC church if they repeal the affirmation? If you won't be rushing out to join the nearest location, why would preachers rush to rejoin an organization that has not changed in any significant way?
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I agree that in the short term there will be more so called "holiness" preaching as the more conservative and even moderate preachers staying in the UPC move to calm fears of change, etc.
The changes I spoke of are several years off but perhaps not as long as I would have thought six months ago. I had thought the UPC was five years away from passing a Res 4 and was proved wrong.
Perhaps some of the young UPC evangelists / preachers I have spoken to who have claimed there is an underground of more liberal minded licensed preachers than is openly known is true. I always thought the guys telling me this were delusional! Perhaps that is why Res 4 passed.