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Originally Posted by ManOfWord
True story: A minister in the church I pastor, who was in the UPC at the time was getting ordained. Honestly, he put down that he did have a TV on his ordination application. The Presbyter called and asked him about it and said, "You don't really have a TV do you?" The minister replied that he did. The Presbyter said, "No, you really don't have a TV right?" The minister said that he was looking right at it in his living room. The Presbyter replied, "No, you really don't have a TV. What you have is a monitor. I will change your application to reflect that you do, indeed have a monitor." The minister told him that he could call it whatever he wanted but that it was, in fact a TV.
No more questions were asked and the minister was ordained in UPCI. Don't think for a moment that all the District and National officials follow the manual to the letter. They most certainly don't. Maybe they need to enact a more strict Affirmation Statement for the officials. I'm sure that would rid the org of the liberals!  |
I have more respect for the man that did not lie than that for the Presbyter who used a play on words. I agree they should have a strict Affirmation Statement for the officials.
You know what hurts the most. I was raised in the UPCI and would hold licenses in it today except I could not / would not tell that lie. I love the UPCI, but it hurts me to see and know several ministers who will do wrong and a blind eye by others be turned to it. Where is their love for the truth. They say they stand for the Word of God. I've talked to a few and they say it's for the better good. I must ask, where does this thinking come from?
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