ubf.org purpose > disseminate positive reports about ubf and God’s work

ubfrineds.org > generate dialogue for the sake of unity in the body of Christ

Some of my research shows ubf ranked higher than ubfriends, others show it lower. The bottom line: both websites are ranked in the 5 million to 10 million range (small potatos).

The only stat I care about really is this:

Total public comments

ubf.org 0
ubfriends.org 13,000+

This website, UBFriends, has never promoted itself in those ways. We just provide good content.

Something to keep in mind, ubf has an official Internet Committee. I know for a fact that this committee has worked a lot of hours and done research into SEO in order to make “ubf.org” be a higher rank.

So this committee has done things like setup a fake ubf website (http://www.university-bible-fellowship.org/) just to bolster positive information and rankings. I even have email from the committee asking ubf members to click “dislike” on some website because it contained something bad about ubf.

So I am curious to see if this self-induced page ranking effort has paid off for ubf.

I was so moved by the images of the Orthodox priests standing in between the two groups.

And today seems like some good news: Ukraine protesters take Kiev without a shot

“At some point you have to stop talking and start doing.

Here’s my suggestion. If you’ve been in an honest dialogue for at least a year and are not making progress (that is, you haven’t made a plan for change you are ready to act on), you have come to a moment of truth.

At some point, you just need to tell everyone where you have landed.

So our plan for change is to implement X, Y and Z by this date. Let’s do it!

Or

So essentially we have decided that we will not grow. We are content with the status quo. We will not change. And we will live with the consequences of stagnation, decline and decay.

Guess what? 99% of leaders will never utter the second statement.

And that’s why they’re stuck. That’s why they’re perpetually frustrated.

But that second statement is exactly what you need to say if that’s your reality.

And then—are you ready?—you need to decide whether you want to lead that organization.”

What To Do When People Want A Church To Grow…But Not Change

I think that they just have no idea how to respond to any form of disagreement with them, or critique, or objection to their directives and agenda.

In the past their word was final, and it was above the law. Now, it is just too hard for some of them to face the fact that it will not be like how it was in the past, where they were virtually and practically the only prophet, priest and king.