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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I assume you're talking about church affiliation. A pastor can hold a license with the UPC without affiliating the church he pastors.
The advantages are that the pastor and local assembly retain more control over church business, including who pastors the church.
I'm not sure what the advantages are (to be afilliated). In my personal observation, it's a bad thing. I've seen the district leadership stick their nose into affairs they shouldn't have.
I think that the local pastor, elders and congregants should be the ones overseeing the local church. I'm not anti-organization, but I don't believe they should have any power, other than very general oversight--as in checking on the church to make sure everything's going smoothly--and then leaving everything the same as when they arrived.
I can see advantages to a pastor belonging to a fellowship of ministers, presumably for reasons of accountability. But I think the local church should be accountable to the pastor and elders--not to a group of essential strangers who may or may not have their best interests at heart.
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Very articulate(particularly from a woman).
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