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Originally Posted by rrford
CC1, I am laughing out loud right here about your post. COC may be larger than some of the UPC in Houston but they can thank the Hoover Method of Evangelism for that.
Further, well...never mind.
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Could be true as I know nothing about them. However my experience is that people don't come unless they want to.
I think a lot of UPC folks no longer believe the legislated standards,etc and churches like Grace in Humble and COC are natural fits for those folks tired of the condemnation and judgmentalism.
I know of a church where the leadership had changed their views long before the church did but were afraid to take any public stands or change the church because several of the most affluent church members were pretty conservative. This went on for a couple of years but when they finally went with their convictions their church has been extraordinarily successful and grown and been blessed. I don't know if they lost the rich folks they were worried about or not but if they did God has certainly replaced them many times over.