Visited a non UPC church

[Dordrecht]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

We visited our first non UPC church yesterday. It's a Sabbath keeping church with service at 4 pm on Saturday, that was kinda nice. It was really far and we had to fight traffic and got there 30 mins late. The music was still going and I think it was the Lord that we got behind a wreck because I would have had a headache for days if we'd been there for all the music which was a little driving for my taste. Getting used to seeing women in pants in church was weird. Nobody really had short hair but it was scissor cut. It turned out to actually be a youth service, hence the awful music lol. We stayed anyway and it really blessed us. Even my husband who is much more dyed in the wool Apostolic then me said he enjoyed the service. They were very sincere, the bible was the main focus of preaching that while lively was not nutso... No slobbering, sweating, screaming or panting. Before the alter service those seeking prayer asked for it in the simplest terms i.e. 'for my job situation, for my marriage, for a sin I am struggling with, etc.' One kid said 'I'd like to know Jesus'. Then they came down front to be prayed with. Everyone was able to come pray with those needing prayer but no one was mobbed, shaken or had their ear screamed in. During the altar call at the end of service they took the volume of the music down to almost inaudible so that people could pray and actually hear each other, I liked that part a lot. Although the holy spirit was talked about and tongues are accepted as a gift (per their doctrinal statement) there was not a huge focus on getting those praying to speak in tongues.

The people were very friendly after service and we got to visit some before leaving to come home. There is another church of the same denomination nearer to us but we did not want to go somewhere close to home at first because we don't want to fill out visitor cards or have someone want to follow up or any of that yet, we're just not ready. But we do feel a little better about it now and may visit the closer church next week. Please be in prayer for us. Thanks.

Will pray for this.

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Will pray for this.

Dordrecht do you go to a UPC church? I think they all pretty much preach that. So since the very early 1900's per their doctrine.

[Dordrecht]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Dordrecht do you go to a UPC church? I think they all pretty much preach that. So since the very early 1900's per their doctrine.

Used to go to one. I donated the church a couple of boxes with office supplies, paper, color cartridges, staples, pens, the usual stuff they use in the office. Also two boxes photocopie paper, etc. He said he would rather have the money. (We were also giving money btw.) After that incident we left for another pentecostal church, not an UPC.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Dordrecht do you go to a UPC church? I think they all pretty much preach that. So since the very early 1900's per their doctrine.

This is not true. Women wearing pants/slacks is not mentioned in the UPC Articles of Faith. The "standards" as preached by most today was not really codified until perhaps the 1960s or 70s. Those who are generational Pentecostal will know that bangs on girls and jewelry on ladies was common even in the families of the leaders until this last adult generation.

...and the UPC was not even in existence for nearly a half century after the 1900s...

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

This is not true. The "standards" as preached by most today was not really codified until perhaps the 1960s or 70s. Those who are generational Pentecostal will know that bangs on girls and jewelry on ladies was common even in the families of the leaders until this last adult generation.

...and the UPC was not even in existence for nearly a half century after the 1900s...

I think it depends on what part of the country you were from. My great-grandfather was an AOG preacher around 1900 in North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana and these standards were "codified" back then, even in the AOG.
My grandfather preached his first sermon in the 1920's, (I have the date, but can't remember it off the top of my head), and the topic was "bobbed hair".

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

I think it depends on what part of the country you were from. My great-grandfather was an AOG preacher around 1900 in North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana and these standards were "codified" back then, even in the AOG.
My grandfather preached his first sermon in the 1920's, (I have the date, but can't remember it off the top of my head), and the topic was "bobbed hair".

1900s and 1920s I could see this being the norm for many denominations - since cut hair was just gaining acceptance in society at large.

However, by the time the UPC came into existence in the mid century it was acceptable to trim hair and wear necklaces etc.

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

This is not true. Women wearing pants/slacks is not mentioned in the UPC Articles of Faith. The "standards" as preached by most today was not really codified until perhaps the 1960s or 70s. Those who are generational Pentecostal will know that bangs on girls and jewelry on ladies was common even in the families of the leaders until this last adult generation.

...and the UPC was not even in existence for nearly a half century after the 1900s...

Great points!!

My mother wore a wedding band until 1972 or so when the popular teaching began at that time against jewelry of any kind, including wedding bands. She had to put her ring in the offering plate. That was a toughie for her.

I wonder what would've happened if the "rapture" had taken place before that offering plate was passed.... LOL!

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Great points!!

My mother wore a wedding band until 1972 or so when the popular teaching began at that time against jewelry of any kind, including wedding bands. She had to put her ring in the offering plate. That was a toughie for her.

I wonder what would've happened if the "rapture" had taken place before that offering plate was passed.... LOL!

LOL!

Today, I don't think there are very many against wearing a wedding ring in the UPC.

[Answered13]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Great points!!

My mother wore a wedding band until 1972 or so when the popular teaching began at that time against jewelry of any kind, including wedding bands. She had to put her ring in the offering plate. That was a toughie for her.

I wonder what would've happened if the "rapture" had taken place before that offering plate was passed.... LOL!

So wonder what happened to all those rings that got put in the offering plate. I heard of this happening a lot back then.

[AreYouReady?]

I am probably wrong, but I thought that if one becomes a member of a UPC church, they must follow the articles of faith?