1992: Hans Venable and David Stahl join UBC.

June 1994: Venable ordained as a deacon of the church.

October 1995: UBC kicked out of the Austin Baptist Association.

January 1998: Baptist General Convention of Texas meets with conservative splinter group, Southern Baptists of Texas, for nine hours to discuss UBC. The Convention informs UBC by telephone that the Convention is considering distancing itself from UBC.

Feb. 24, 1998: Baptist General Convention votes to stop receiving funds from UBC and asks UBC to remove all mention of the Convention from its website.

March 1, 1998: Six new households join UBC, beginning an upswing in membership.

This article appears in May 29 • 1998 and May 29 • 1998 (Cover).

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