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Dave,

While I generally agree that there are far too many pc's, and that too many seem to have no adequate church connection, I do think they are legitimate when: a given church cannot devote manpower/time/money to the official oversight of an activity, but some of its individuals do, as long as those individuals are themselves subject to church discipline if necessary. E.g. our tiny church cannot officially "run" the 2--for lack of better terminology--parachurches that several individuals in the church do, on their own time and resource networks. The 2 pcs have provided valuable resources to both our own church and several other churches in this area, as well as expanded evangelistic outreach into the community. But the 2 leaders (and their boards) are certainly under the care of the church to the degree that any issues with their "ministries" can be resolved fully within the context of the church itself.