__________________ "all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."
~Declaration of Independence
As TFT used to say, "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing!"
I am amazed to see maybe 70% or higher of former UPC bible school students no longer associated with the UPC. Aren't bible school students supposed to be the best of the best and the future of the organization? This is a very telling sign in itself!
Where would one go to verify these stats?
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Don't make things difficult by asking for such useless things as facts and verification, you need the attitude of ....
AFA said it,
Hoover believes it,
That settles it!
HA!
Well I am not really doubting it, just wondering who was at the tally...
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
That would be an interesting study. I imagine the farther back you go in time, the larger the rate of "dis-association" would be.
Just looking over an old Bible School year book from almost 30 years ago, I would estimate that at least 50% are out. And by "out" or "gone" I mean they've left the OP message - not just the UPC itself.
That would be an interesting study. I imagine the farther back you go in time, the larger the rate of "dis-association" would be.
Just looking over an old Bible School year book from almost 30 years ago, I would estimate that at least 50% are out. And by "out" or "gone" I mean they've left the OP message - not just the UPC itself.
How sad. Once in truth and now on there way to hell
That would be an interesting study. I imagine the farther back you go in time, the larger the rate of "dis-association" would be.
Just looking over an old Bible School year book from almost 30 years ago, I would estimate that at least 50% are out. And by "out" or "gone" I mean they've left the OP message - not just the UPC itself.
Here's a quote from a study that was done not long ago.
The next generation is already calling it quits on traditional church. Next Sunday, look around, two thirds of the young people in your church are already disengaged from the message they are hearing. And it’s not just happening on the nominal fringe; it’s happening in the most solid “Bible-believing” churches.
Some might say that the UPCI died with the affirmation statement. At that time it ceased to be what the founders of it had envisioned.
Just an observation from a non-UPC type.
There is a lot of truth in that statement.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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