Salt Lake has asked to be on nobody’s list.
This includes the UP and Kip’s list from his recent article.
Here is a group of people, as best I can tell, that are following the guidelines set out in the UP without signing it. There is a connection to Salt Lake from here, our former minister (two ago, before the present one and the one that moved to plant a church in Wisconsin) is a leader there. That’s why I care so much. For the longest time, I thought that if Kip could get a foothold here, it would be through them. However, in my talks with folks there, I soon changed my mind and realized that their mindset is not heading that way.
I believe that Kip is going to ridicule them in public and private. I’d be surprised if the Portland speaker mentioned in the article makes it there to speak. I hope I am wrong about the ridicule.
In ten years or so when the International Christian Churches (Portland Movement) crumbles, I believe the SLC will be there for folks damaged like we are. I’d like to believe that this article is a signal of God’s providence in the future.
I don’t agree, however, with trying to straddle the fence on both sides. Kip is a false teacher - we didn’t do enough four years ago to deal with it and we reaped the whirlwind. Not dealing with Kip’s error will do the same. I don’t believe Kip will allow this - I’m certain that cities with ‘two churches’ are not really keen on this idea, either.
Still, I wish them well. I’m an idealist at heart, I hope it works.
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The article on the SLC site is very interesting. There is a lot to like about it. I particularly like this:
I do think we need to make a distinction about what is sound doctrine and what is not. We should not permit unsound teaching in our churches. Within that limitation, we should do what we can to avoid division.
In theory, I think this is great. The test will be what Kip does with dissent (ie thiking Indy here). Even though clearly SLC isn’t dissenting - they just want fellowship; I think Indy didn’t want to withdraw - just didn’t want the obligations. I don’t know if Kip can have fellowship w/out control. Hope everyone in SLC is behind this.
ttk