UPC, ALJC, PAW, etc.

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Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

They are supposed to preach against sin.

Most pastors, even those who aren't policing people's private lives, preach against sin.

Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

Maintain a clean platform

You're preaching to the choir here! I hate seeing a messy platform. Speaker, instrument and microphone wires running all over the place. Least you can do is get some fake plants and trees to hide things.

Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

and leadership.

Proper hygiene is very important. Ministers should always carry a small pack of Altoids in their pocket so they can pop one in their mouth before praying with someone. I cannot stand a minister getting right up in my face with bad breath.

Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

You cant make someone live right

Amen!

Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

but you sure can preach against sin

Amen!

Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

and hold high standards for leadership in the church.

Would to God it was real, Biblical holiness -- not the American Apostolic church dress version. So many Oneness Apostolic churches around the world have varying interpretations of what "holiness standards" are. The UPC in India allows women to wear pants because "it's their culture." But women in the US are splitting hell open for doing the same. Here in the USA, most churches allow black and hispanic men to wear facial hair because "it's their culture." But a white man can't do the same. Some churches are against short sleeve shirts on men. Some believe women must wear hose and their hair up. Some are against colored/print dress shirts on men. Some against rings, tie tacks/bars, etc.

Yet, we all agree on the oneness of the Godhead and the New Birth plan of salvation. You won't find UPC in one area believe one thing about the Godhead and another believe something else. You won't find ALJC in one area believe the New Birth and another ALJC believe something else.

It's only the extra stuff with which we find so much variance and different beliefs.

IMHO, stop majoring on the minors and start preaching the Gospel. You can't legislate holiness or Godliness. That's a work of God in the heart.

Thus saith and Amen.

Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness

Raid homes? no but clearly define expectations.

Whose expectations?