| Your Name :
chuck |
| e-mail address :
officer42@aol.com |
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| Comments! :
I use to be a upc pastor, i would like to chat
with others like me who need encourgement, please write or
i/m. |
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| Your Name :
Hojusaram |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
http://www.aimoo.com/forum/freeboard.cfm?id=457208
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| Comments! :
I am not trying to draw anyone away from this
forum...BUT there is a discussion forum for ex-Pentecostals in
Australia and New Zealand at:
http://www.aimoo.com/forum/freeboard.cfm?id=457208
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| Your Name :
samantha |
| e-mail address :
skittynips@earthlink.com |
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| Comments! :
Praise be to God! I got out! I kept praying for
the Lord to show me the truth, and he did! I woke up one day
and I saw the UPC for what it was, money and numbers and
control and idle gossip!Thank you God for my sight!
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| First Name :
Karen |
| e-mail address :
PFKS80@aol.com |
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| Comments! :
To ALL who have been hurt, abused,or neglected,
sincerely I apologize, and am empathetic. I need not argue
with you nor try to convince you of what we view as doctrinal
truths. My purpose in this writing is to reach out to you in
love. I pray you feel tha |
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| First Name :
Kell |
| e-mail address :
gerhowzel@yahoo.com |
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| Comments! :
Kimberly - I havent given up. I still attend an
Apostolic church. However, I DO NOT attend a UPCI church. Your
use of the phrase given up implies that we are lost. Some of
us choose not to be in the way. Given up perpetuates the
mentality that if you chan |
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| First Name :
R~ |
| e-mail address :
r36r42@yahoo.com |
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| Comments! :
SouthernGal,sure its a damnable, shallow teaching
that twisted Gods Word,to keep one soul in chain! R~
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| First Name :
SouthernGal |
| e-mail address :
A_Southerndoll@yahoo.com |
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| Comments! :
Aside from the associated rules of
Pentecostalism...how do the ex-pentecostals feel about the
doctorine. Can anyone tell me? |
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| First Name :
loetta |
| e-mail address :
lolombay@cs.com |
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| Comments! :
as an ex-upc.i am looking for testomonies of
ex-upc pastors and why they came out of the upc organization.i
was raised in it.they have no true joy from GOD. |
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| First Name :
Renita |
| e-mail address :
r36r42@yahoo.com |
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| Comments! :
Kimberly, excuse me, but I did not give up
God,just the UPC.Ive moved on and found true freedom in
Jesus.I now serve a God of love, not legalism . R`
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| First Name :
ANANO |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
I was in UPCI for 11 years. The belief is
personal; but they take it to an unhealthy level. Obedience to
a pastor is stressed. We were not allowed to enroll our
children in a school of choice. We were slandered. We were
ripped off financially. Then, one o |
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| First Name :
Kimberly |
| e-mail address :
sorrowstodancing@aol.com |
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| Comments! :
I am sorry for all of you. I am a United
Pentecostal Church member, and never plan on leaving. My heart
aches for you all. There is so much confusion in this world,
and it is hard to see the ones who for some reason gave up. I
realize that you all have yo |
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| First Name :
Joanne |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
The Lord Jesus Christ is ALL THINGS to all men,
but the sad truth: CERTAIN ONES BEHIND THE PULPIT.
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| First Name :
R~ |
| e-mail address :
r36r42@yahoo.com |
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| Comments! :
Candice said,Without a preacher you cant hear.
Sorry, but thats not the only way!1 John 14:26 But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all
things to your remembrance, what |
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| First Name :
Candice |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
UPCI ANGEL |
| Comments! :
R~ Thanks for those nice kind words. Just to let
you know...I have read the whole Bible through..and I do
follow my pastor as he follows Christ. Without a preacher you
cant hear. That is Bible. My pastor will even tell you if you
disagree...and you can |
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| First Name :
Joanne |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
What an interesting, yet, sad, site! My family is
also ex-UPCI because of many hurts in our church life of 28
years. People cant sit and judge if they havent been through
some of the experiences. |
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| First Name :
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| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
Candice, a UPCer whos been allowed to study out
Gods word on there own? Can’t wait to see if they let you
think for yourself next? Amazing! R~ |
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| First Name :
Amanda |
| e-mail address :
jesusmusic77@hotmail.com |
| URL :
http://www.geocities.com/jesusmusic77
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| Comments! :
Ok, no matter WHAT denomination you are or are
not, you will go through difficult times in your life; and
people are going to be people, regardless of race,
denomination, location, sex, etc. The key is, how do you deal
with this? Do you lean on God or bec |
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| First Name :
Candice |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
UPCI ANGEL |
| Comments! :
R~ You dont have to go to other churchs to figure
out what is the truth..the Bible says to study the Word of
God..everything my pastor preaches and I what I believe can be
backed up with scriputer and that is how you know it is the
truth. |
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| First Name :
rev. cornfed |
| e-mail address :
revcornfed@yahoo.com |
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| Comments! :
I be an ex-pentagonalcostal, down from the bayou
of ol alabamy. |
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| First Name :
Come Back |
| e-mail address :
to Jesus @ Calvary . now |
| URL :
http://www.sermonaudio.com/ |
| Comments! :
Lets stop talking religion and denomination and
lets talk relationship and salvation. We can talk about this
and that all day but it doesnt make Hell fake! |
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| First Name :
Kent |
| e-mail address :
kharmca@yahoo.ca |
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| Comments! :
I do attend a pentecost/CHARISMatic church. and
have trained for ministry in one as well. I liek your news
letter. I have not always been a pentecostal, therefore I can
see what some of the excesses are. one thing though not all
pent/char. churches are as |
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| First Name :
R~ |
| e-mail address :
r36r42@yahoo.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
Comments! :UPCI ANGEL, how can you know something
is truth, if you have never step outside the 4 walls of what
you been taught? R~ |
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| First Name :
Candice |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
UPCI ANGEL |
| Comments! :
Hey, I have been in Apostolic Truth church all my
life..and I have friends in differant denominations..and they
have also been abused in the same way as you guys are saying
so it is not just pentecostals or Apostolic churches....I
agree with Dawn...we are |
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| First Name :
Sue |
| e-mail address :
Sukita1101@aol.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
I grew up in an Independent Fundamental Church.
The pastor died and no one replaced him. He was a dear man. I
moved away and started my search for a new church. I ended up
going to many different kinds of churches, including
Pentecostal and Charismatic ty |
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| First Name :
Jim |
| e-mail address :
inexile@nnsw.quik.com.au |
| URL :
http://www.geocities.com/inexileau/index.html
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| Comments! :
Ive not only came out of the Pentecostal movement,
Ive given all religion the big A. My view on Christianity in
general. A great hoax. Check my web page. |
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| First Name :
jimmy |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
I just found this ,thank god ive found others like
my self who have experinced the same abuse i have .i have not
attend a upc church in thirteen years ,but fell the pain and
hatred every day. |
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| First Name :
R~ |
| e-mail address :
r36r42@yahoo.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
Im so thankful God called us to come out of her,
the UPCI after 16 years. Jesus removed the chains his yoke was
light, but UPC put new chains that slowly kill my soul. Now I
know what true freedom is in Jesus,Agape! Gods looking for an
inner heart change |
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| First Name :
Cindy |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
God is good all the time to current and
ex-pentecostals. Search the scriptures and youll find your
way! |
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| First Name :
Charles 2002 |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
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| Comments! :
Thx for providing the pages. :) There are many
readings at Christian Classics Ethereal Library:
http://www.ccel.org/ I like this sentence in the bible quite:
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox
and hatred therewith. (Proverbs 15 |
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| First Name :
C |
| e-mail address :
candhi2003b@yahoo.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
To Whom It May Concern: I met and fell in love
with an incredible man who is now a member of a Pentecostal
Holiness Church. We had a loving and very rare relationship,
until he began pleasing the expectations of what the church
apparently prefers,and see |
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| First Name :
Bob |
| e-mail address :
rbolenbaucher@senditrapid.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
This site embodies a great idea. When I left UPCI
22 years ago, it would have been very helpful to me and my
family. Now Id like to contribute from storehouse of 22 years
of out of the box experience. Thanks, Bob |
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| First Name :
Cindy |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
http://www.myownmind.com |
| Comments! :
I appreciate this site. Thank-you. Another great
resource for information and consultation with a Thought
Reform Consultant is www.myownmind.com. Check it out. List it
on this site as well. |
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| First Name :
Believer of His word |
| e-mail address :
badeatinghabits@hotmail.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
First of all, I am very sorry that you feel this
way about Pentecostalism. I have been a pentecostal all of my
life and have never once been what you call spiritually
abused. I have been to some churches where yes you can tell
that there is more of a put |
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| First Name :
Nia |
| e-mail address :
Tovrhon@aol.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
Hi...Interesting guestbook. I am even MORE
interested. I have hardly anyone to talk to since leaving "The
Church". I am even interested in talking to people who still
attend. Probably because talking to the peopleat my ex-church
was like talkng to a brick |
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| First Name :
Curtis |
| e-mail address :
soilserve @msn.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
However you look at pentecostals, 1 Corinthians 13
places their gift dirctly in the spotlight as nowhere near as
significant as the chief virtue of all . . . love.
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| First Name :
jay |
| e-mail address :
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| URL :
ex-pentecostals.org |
| Comments! :
This is a reply to the previous entry. In case the
"forums" page is confusing in any way, let me clarify that
those are 2 SEPARATE forums -- not the same one! ~Jay
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| First Name :
Bible52 |
| e-mail address :
unk |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
You cannot have a "safe haven" and "no-holds
barred" forum at the same time. You will rejoice when I post
here that I will not join nor post in your forums, as you will
only wind up kicking me out for speaking the Truth.
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| First Name :
Joy Martinez |
| e-mail address :
Chasia@aol.com |
| URL :
www.spiritwatch.org |
| Comments! :
I find this website interesting and
thought-provoking. I think all pentecostal/charismatics ought
to read and consider the issues addressed here. We shouldn't
fear investigation of any doctrine or popular practice. I have
always stated that you can turn |
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| First Name :
Pastor Pam |
| e-mail address :
healingwaterscc@yahoo.com |
| URL :
http://www.healingwaterscc.com |
| Comments! :
No one is more pentecostal or charismatic than me.
However, I see much deception, hypocrisy and foolishness
within the movement and I join you in protecting the sheep
from hirelings and false prophets! |
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| First Name :
Rafael Martinez |
| e-mail address :
damianxray@aol.com |
| URL :
www.spiritwatch.org |
| Comments! :
As a Pentecostal minister, I lament that many are
under the abuse, carnality and foolishness of extremism in
Charismatic and Pentecostal fellowships. We hope to have a
page to address this online soon. |
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| First Name :
Rena |
| e-mail address :
BambieRenab@aol.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
Ya'll have a grate guestbook.Keep up the good
work.And put the Lord Jesuse first in everything you do.God
Bless |
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| First Name :
chris |
| e-mail address :
lcounts@win.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
I've been delivered from the UPC! Praise God!
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| First Name :
Dawn |
| e-mail address :
ApostolicChic@aol.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
First, you need to be delivered from "PEOPLE" and
remember that we are only human and NONE of us are perfect ...
there is ONLY ONE who is perfect. WHEN you are faithful &
put CHRIST first - in ALL situations, the rest will fall where
it needs to fall. |
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| First Name :
Howard |
| e-mail address :
heepbigchief@yahoo.com |
| URL :
http://pccult.bravepages.com |
| Comments! :
Since there are no dates or times on any of these
posts I can't tell who is addressing who. I don't have a
guestbook on my site but my email is available. |
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| First Name :
Ben Ketcherside |
| e-mail address :
benketcherside@juno.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
Hmmmmmmmmm! We Need to talk. |
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| First Name :
Howard |
| e-mail address :
heepbigchief@yahoo.com |
| URL :
http://pccult.bravepages.com |
| Comments! :
I spent 13 years with the
Pentecostals/Charismatics. I "came out from among them" and
wrote a book about the way I see it. |
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| First Name :
Renee |
| e-mail address :
rsutterfield@cox.net |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
We formerly were apart of the United Pentecostal
Church International. My husband pastored within the
organization for over 20 years. |
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| First Name :
jim |
| e-mail address :
jimd@circleprime.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
Hi Jay, Looking forward to viewing your website. I
am a survivor of the abuse the UPCI has put upon people and
have heard the horror stories of many others. Being in the
UPCI for 9 years and knowing many of them for close to 30
years, thinking they were |
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| First Name :
E.G. |
| e-mail address :
themaximas@aol.com |
| URL :
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| Comments! :
your site is woderful thanks for all the info.
E.G. |
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| First Name :
Jay Ketcherside |
| e-mail address :
jay@ex-pentecostals.org |
| URL :
http://ex-pentecostals.org |
| Comments! :
Welcome to the Guestbook for Ex-Pentecostals.org!
Please tell us briefly about yourself, and what you think of
the site. Feel free to give suggestions, etc. for improvement
of the site! ~jk |
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