Will you join the UPC NOW ????

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by scotty

Pfft, like I remember ??

You would have been elevating!!! How could you forget that?!!!!!!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

You would have been elevating!!! How could you forget that?!!!!!!

Easy, my mind was preocupied with :

--Do I still have my wallet
--I didn't get any on me did I
--Is my truck still in the parking lot/in one piece
--wonder what happen to that Texas Rose I was dancin with after I said " be right back"

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by scotty

Easy, my mind was preocupied with :

--Do I still have my wallet
--I didn't get any on me did I
--Is my truck still in the parking lot/in one piece
--wonder what happen to that Texas Rose I was dancin with after I said " be right back"

Thank you Jesus for saving this man!!!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Thank you Jesus for saving this man!!!

Amen, sister, .... amen.

[scotty]

hello

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by scotty

hello

AMEN!! I'm cleaning out my closets and cooking dinner!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

AMEN!! I'm cleaning out my closets and cooking dinner!

LOL.. wasnt talkin to you ...just bumping down another thread..

See, you just think your all that ........

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by scotty

LOL.. wasnt talkin to you ...just bumping down another thread..

See, you just think your all that ........

It's ALL about ME!!!!!!

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Fiyahstarter

Interesting ... my exact problem is this:

I enjoy my LOCAL UPC church, but I am having a REAL PROBLEM with what I've recently found out about the Articles of Faith, etc. of the mothership UPC. So after ten glorious years of attendance at a local UPC church, I find out the FULL "beliefs" of UPCism. . . and I can't subscribe to that! And now that I know what I know, I'm having a problem supporting my beloved local UPC church...

Does this make sense? I wish I could shake this feeling and be more like you... but it really bothers me because I SO MUCH disagree with some of those rules... and don't want to be affiliated.

I'm disjointed and would welcome any advice here!

This is why I put the word 'entirely' in there. I do have some issues with the articles of faith and how the organization is run. But I know that not all UPC churches are the same.

Have you talked to your pastor? Is the church you're in affiliated, or does it just have a UPC pastor? I think it'd probably be the most fair to everyone involved to find out just how connected, or not, the church you've been attending really is to the UPC org as a whole. From there you can make whatever decisions need to be made.

[live4him]

Originally Posted by Traci

Interesting question Scotty.

I am 40--would be 4th generation UPC if I went to one. In all honesty the church I was raised in has "softened" on a lot of things. Growing up everything was a sin. Now: they go to the movies, bowling, the men wear beards--even on the platform. No more sleeves to the elbow and nobody goes around looking for splits in girls skirts--nobody cares. Girls can have there nails done (in clear polish) and it's ok to wear foundation. I really respect my former pastor for saying "Hey, there is no Scripture for all this--it's based on principle" But for all that I still could not attend--1) it's 12 hrs away 2) I wear pants & cut my hair and wear a little makeup--I don't pierce my body thought anyway, that's what would have to change for me to go to a UPC--even after all the changes I have seen I just don't see that happening--I do love all the people I know that are in and respect there convictions. One of the churches up in Nashville is not real strict, if I lived near to it maybe I would attend. Don't know.

Thanks for asking!!

well i am 41 and have been in upc since i was three years old.. well all the beliefs have changed drastically. it is a sad thing that we have compromised in our churches, we have now tolerated the stuff that we didnt tolerate years ago. i will not compromise and i will not tolerate the stuff that i have been against years ago. i will hold to my standards, in fact i am more conservative now than i have ever been,
everybody can do as they please, but i will not chage, but it does not mean that i am going to be judgemental towards people who have changed their beliefs,

i do have to say that if you changed your plan of salvation than i know you are definently wrong, that is one thing you should not change if you leave the onesness doctrine,
stay firm on the "ONE LORD, ONE FAITH , AND ONE BAPTISM",

there is no other way in heaven whereby ye must be saved,

stick to the oneness, if you have gone trinitarian, shame on you, you know better than that, this is not to the lady i have quoted this is to anyone who have changed, keep pressin on