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11-12-2008, 02:15 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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One if my pet peeves is when minister spouses refer to their spouse as Bro so n so.
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Originally Posted by Whole Hearted
My wife call me Brother last name in front of church people and I call her sister last name in front of them.
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LOL!! Well there ya go! 
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11-12-2008, 02:23 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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Originally Posted by tamor
LOL!! Well there ya go! |
I believe the name brother and sister derived from the scripture wherein Ananias calls Saul, "Brother Saul" in Acts 9:17.
We used to live in a society in which we addressed adults as Mr. and Mrs., transferring that to Brother and Sister in the church.
Now, that we have become a much more lax society, in manner and dress, we are addressing each other by first name. I still respect the elderly as Brother or Sister because, in the church, it sounds weird to call them Mr. or Mrs.
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11-12-2008, 03:40 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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It's an older tradition in the UPC to call most everyone "Brother ____".
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Every Apostolic church I've attended does this, not just UPCI.
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11-12-2008, 03:51 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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Originally Posted by Whole Hearted
IN the circles that I travel in it is Brother or Sister so and so. The pastor and his wife are always referred to by brother or sister last name, no first names here, very, very, very disrespectful.
If I am introducing myself to someone new and it has to do with the church I introduce myself as brother or pastor last name. If is is personal business I introduce myself as Mr. last name.
My first name is for family and close friends. And even they don't use my first name at church or in front of church people. My wife call me Brother last name in front of church people and I call her sister last name in front of them.
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Originally Posted by tamor
LOL!! Well there ya go! |
I have always found that quite amusing when people do that.
You should see my pastors wife when the pastor comments from the pulpit "*insert wife's first name here* asked me to marry her X years ago and I know she's so happy I accepted her proposal--she got herself a hunk of a man. "
I don't know if I've ever heard them refer to each other by anything other than their first names unless they were saying something to one of the small children about the other one. Train up a child to respect the pastor & his wife... I don't have a problem with that. Of course almost everyone else refers to them as Pastor & Sis P...
People call me Sis *insert last name* -- and I correct them in a hurry... requesting to be called by my first name only!
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11-12-2008, 03:55 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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Originally Posted by Tina
I have always found that quite amusing when people do that.
You should see my pastors wife when the pastor comments from the pulpit "*insert wife's first name here* asked me to marry her X years ago and I know she's so happy I accepted her proposal--she got herself a hunk of a man. "
I don't know if I've ever heard them refer to each other by anything other than their first names unless they were saying something to one of the small children about the other one. Train up a child to respect the pastor & his wife... I don't have a problem with that. Of course almost everyone else refers to them as Pastor & Sis P...
People call me Sis *insert last name* -- and I correct them in a hurry... requesting to be called by my first name only!
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You and your pastor are OBVIOUSLY backslidden Charismatics!!!!!!! 
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11-12-2008, 04:50 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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Every Apostolic church I've attended does this, not just UPCI.
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I agree...
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11-12-2008, 04:51 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
Notice new testament accounts have first names spoken, not last.
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11-12-2008, 04:58 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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Originally Posted by Tina
I have always found that quite amusing when people do that.
You should see my pastors wife when the pastor comments from the pulpit "*insert wife's first name here* asked me to marry her X years ago and I know she's so happy I accepted her proposal--she got herself a hunk of a man. "
I don't know if I've ever heard them refer to each other by anything other than their first names unless they were saying something to one of the small children about the other one. Train up a child to respect the pastor & his wife... I don't have a problem with that. Of course almost everyone else refers to them as Pastor & Sis P...
People call me Sis *insert last name* -- and I correct them in a hurry... requesting to be called by my first name only!
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I agree Tina!
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11-12-2008, 05:02 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
We had an evangelist one time that was telling a story about he and his wife talking and he said, "....and I turned to my wife in bed and said, Sister So & So......."
We still laugh about that, because in reality, he probably did actually call her "sister" in bed.
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11-12-2008, 05:17 PM
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Re: Title Usage In The UPC: Brother & Sister So an
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Originally Posted by Sherri
We had an evangelist one time that was telling a story about he and his wife talking and he said, "....and I turned to my wife in bed and said, Sister So & So......."
We still laugh about that, because in reality, he probably did actually call her "sister" in bed.
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I would have kicked him out of bed -
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