How would you define AFF?

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Pro31:28

I do not think it a place to usher people out, and I apologize if it came across that way. I meant that it was a place to have open and healthy conversations, which it is. Some people's circumstances and churches do not allow for that, and so the anonymity afforded them here allows for hard questions.

If someone is happy in the UPC, then they shouldn't be offended or encouraged to leave, but if they are thinking about it, I think that is a safe place to air those questions and concerns. But that is by no means the only thing that AFF does.

Even people who are satisfied with their church can come and ask theological questions for others to weigh in on.

Thanks for the apology but I never questioned your intention. I certainly think there could have been a much nicer (not to mention more factual) way of telling the people you were addressing.

At the very least you could have shown balance.

Not all lurkers are "looking to leave". There are those here looking to join the UPC or similar conservative Christian churches. Some are fleeing a Christianity that they feel is neutered. Others are Oneness Pentecostal and know that we as other groups are maturing and working through things within our churches.

Sorry Pro31, but that "chapter" does not reflect myself nor many others in the UPC. It did make me want to call Rick Ross for a deprogramming appointment and set up an exit strategy.