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Re: UPC Pastor Convicted of Slander in Pulpit!
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Originally Posted by smurfette
You know Cindy, it's refreshing to know that all UPC churches out there aren't like that. It's just hard when it's your first experience (and for some the only) in UPC is like that. Every church service someone was always getting "gang prayed for" because the whole church knew every week who "messed up".
I'm so thankful that I've now seen the flip side of wrath and judgement. Grace and mercy is a beautiful thing.
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I guess because it reminds me of when I was in school, if you misbehaved in class, and got called up front by the teacher. The humiliation of that was horrible. I just cannot imagine a Pastor doing that to someone in church.
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