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Originally Posted by LadyRev
Now you are being ridiculous.
A "business administrator" would only have authority over you in regards to the business matters that they handle. IF you were part of the UPC that is and IF it pertained to you!
IF you were UPC, those that would have spiritual authority over you would be ministers that lead the UPCI organization. Their spiritual authority would only cover the appropriate areas that apply to you.
If you don't believe the leadership of an organization to which one chooses to be a part of has any authority over you then you have serious issues.
Even BOY SCOUTS submit to their troup leaders. Or they cease to be BOY SCOUTS!
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The kingdom of God is not the Boy scouts, and pastors are not "troop leaders". As a minister, I have ONE pastor who has real spiritual authority over me. No office in WEC, elected or appointed, has any biblical spiritual authority over anyone. If they are pastors, they have specific authority in the congregation they pastor. If a minister is out from under their ministry, they may have biblical authority over them as their "father in the gospel". But unrelated to that, the only authority a preacher in WEC has over another preacher is administrative, not spiritual.
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