interesting comment s. hoover

[Sister Alvear]

Well, I sure hope I make it I am not UPC....


I have called some UPC churches asking to come and they told me I could not come because they only supported UPC missionaries...WOW...glad they are not the door keepers of heaven...

However other UPC have let me come so we cannot judge all by certain happenings...

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

Well, I sure hope I make it I am not UPC....


I have called some UPC churches asking to come and they told me I could not come because they only supported UPC missionaries...WOW...glad they are not the door keepers of heaven...

However other UPC have let me come so we cannot judge all by certain happenings...

Wow, maybe you are just too liberal Sister Alvear. After all, you go out into the jungles of a foreign country and lead people to Jesus. Plus, you're a woman.

[Sister Alvear]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Wow, maybe you are just too liberal Sister Alvear. After all, you go out into the jungles of a foreign country and lead people to Jesus. Plus, you're a woman.

That must be it!

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

Well, I sure hope I make it I am not UPC....


I have called some UPC churches asking to come and they told me I could not come because they only supported UPC missionaries...WOW...glad they are not the door keepers of heaven...

However other UPC have let me come so we cannot judge all by certain happenings...

Sis Alvear,

Some of them may not mean that the way it sounds. They probably have limited budgets and so they devote what they can give in their missionary budgets to those who are approved by the UPC. They may have monthly amounts allotted to foreign missions and cannot afford to have a visitor and the added expense of someone who is outside an already tight budget. They may have to draw the line somewhere and just choose to draw the line along organizational lines.

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Sam

Sis Alvear,

Some of them may not mean that the way it sounds. They probably have limited budgets and so they devote what they can give in their missionary budgets to those who are approved by the UPC. They may have monthly amounts allotted to foreign missions and cannot afford to have a visitor and the added expense of someone who is outside an already tight budget. They may have to draw the line somewhere and just choose to draw the line along organizational lines.

Also, everyday our church website receives requests for support and partnership from random missionaries and pastors from all over the world. Some undoubtedly are as legit and sincere and worthy as Sis A...some undoubtedly are not. Supporting the missionaries that we are familiar with, who have been vetted by people we know, and are accountable to people we have a real relationship with helps avoid mismanaging our missions funds and sowing into a scam.

I'm sure that the UPC churches who do support Sis. A, do so because they are familiar with her and her works.
I also get emails weekly from someone who wants to come in and preach or do something with the youth or have a "prophecy workshop" or any number of other things.