25 Year Anniversary

[Sherri]

I've been off AFF for a few years, but wanted to jump back on to share something:

This summer marks the 25th year that we have been out of UPC and been independent. After 25 years, I still have mixed emotions. I know we absolutely did what God told us to do, and I have no regrets. But I still have emotional ties to so many people and memories from that era of our lives. I still love my heritage and thank God for my upbringing. I have many UPC friends and family members.

Gdd has been good to us, and I hope that we have proven to some doubters that it is possible to leave the Mother Ship and still love God with all your heart, still preach Biblical truth, and try to live a holy life before God, with fear and trembling. There are so many truths that I know now that I was never taught during those years of upbringing, but they will never take away from the truths that I learned in my formative years. But I now know that we did not have "THE truth" as we were told. That is one arrogant mindset that I had to repent of. We all still have things to learn.

So, for those of you who have doubts about those of us who have "gone Charismatic" (whatever in the world that means), just want to let you know that some of us have survived and are better for it. 25 years later, and still going strong for Jesus! And we are NOT Charismatic.