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Originally Posted by CC1
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.
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In the Houston area one would not have to run outside of the UPC to find Churches that don't preach what you would consider condemnation and judgmentalism.