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Originally Posted by mizpeh
There are ministers in the UPC now who are confronting the unsupported stands and are doing it within the confines of the UPC to promote change.
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I spent 10 years talking and trying to changed things from the inside out when licensed with UPC. In the Pacific Northwest we were pretty well split with conservitive and middle of the roaders. When I let my license go back rumours ran amuck about me from being backslid to commiting adultary. When all I did was quit going to sectional meetings and through myself into my family and the church that I was an assosiate minister with. As the pastor undrstood where I was comming from and I continued to be used in ministry in the church.
I had a insident with the pastor I grew up under which caused me to leave his church. We then attended a church 40 miles from us when he preached one Sunday morning against facial hair with a first time visiter in attendance that had a beard. That was the last time we went there. The point I would have lost my children had I forced them to tow the mark according to the unreal teachings of these pastors. I am happy to say all four of my children and thier spouses have a love for God and are raising our grandchildren to love God the same.
So Im sorry to say if there is any way to leave, leave, but do so with a right spirit and a place to go. We almost all need fellowship to stay strong and grow.
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