I felt REALLY good about this response about the "AS"

[NLYP]

Just thought I would throw this in......It may cause a firestorm but here goes.

I placed a call this morning to an "official" and asked this question.

When are you in violation of the Affirmation Statement?

He said the purpose of the AS was for the purpose of unity on the Acts 2:38 message and the Might God in Christ ONLY!

He said that has been the problem with the AS....that some took it farther than it was intended and used it to say that we all ageed on every jot and tittle of the Manual concerning "standards" and the do's and Dont's.

THAT is why, he explained, Bro Urshan sent out the letter saying the local church was still calling the shots and the district COULD NOT step in and challenge a man. "It gave no added power to the District".

So......I found this very interesting.