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Originally Posted by originalsecretplace
What if the churches had 1000 people in them. You can't be that closely connected to all 1000 in one place. I can be closely connected to 5 in each church.
I have to say though that I'm not sure the argument of cultural connection by congregation is true. For instance, where I live I live down the road from a pastor of another UPC congregation and I have neighbours beside me from my own congregation and neighbours on the other side from another UPC congregation. I see my neighbours more than most of the people in my own congregation because they live in close proximity to me.
I moved from one area to where I am now and still have deep ties with that other area. There are no cultural differences. My kids and their kids grew up together and visited each other often. When you been in a denomination as small as the UPC is in our district everyone is deeply connected if you've been around any length of time. We joke aroung that we have to find spouses from the US for our children to expand the gene pool.  |
are there good solid mature christians that are not productive? can one be a productive christian without having roots?
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