My pastor invited me to a leadership meeting with a few other pastors in Michigan. Bro. Bernard was there. He opened with a summary of how he wants to lead the UPC and opened it up to a Q&A. I asked him about the merger, Fudge's book was discussed briefly, but from what I remember (I don't think it was recorded) but Bernard said that the majority of the PCI also believed in
Acts 2:38 new birth for salvation, while the minority believed in "grace alone", (or salvation comes at repentance, then you get baptized and get the Holy Ghost, hence the first Pentecostal Herald article)
Beards were discussed also. Bernard doesn't have an issue with beards, he doesn't preach for them or against them.
I asked him about "accountability" regarding preachers in the UPC (Which was one of his highlights during his opening as why one should join the UPC). My example was a popular UPC evangelist misquoting multiple sources supporting a teaching, and not doing it just once on accident, but over and over again. He suggested reaching out to this preacher and conducting a round table to discuss this. He also said that if the teachings were continued, less and less people would invite said evangelist and it would eventually die out and take care of itself.
We spend about 30 minutes on beards, and about 5 minutes on preachers in the UPC not being held accountable.
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