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.