In May 2018 Nate Hill began a campaign to get my cousin removed from a property she shared with a member at Upward Christian Fellowship Flat Rock NC & where Nate is Jr pastor. He stated the church disapproved of people living together out of wedlock & church people were talking about it. My cousin couldn't leave as she would become homeless & had lived there for over a year & had rights as a tenant. Nate stated the property belonged to him & several unnamed members of UCF. He stated the property had been sold and she would have to leave as the new owners were moving in in 3 days. Nate & member then threw her stuff out on the front lawn & changed the door locks so she couldn't get in. Shortly before this, member gave me the number of someone who had an RV for sale. It was listed on ebay & a classified website. I bought the RV so my cousin wouldn't have to sleep in the woods or her tiny subcompact car which member wrecked while driving drunk totaling the vehicle. A vehicle he had no permission to drive. The RV owner said it was in perfect condition, all maintenance was up to date. Shortly after the sale it had to be sent back to the factory for repairs/maintenance/engine work, all of which RV owner lied about. I had to buy my cousin a car. The whole thing cost me over $30k. When I threatened said church member with a lawsuit & court he came forth and told me everything. He told me that he & Nate got kickbacks from the RV deal & that it was really he that wanted my cousin out so his GF(the woman he was seeing behind my cousin's back) wouldn't find out nor his landlord which is Prodigy Inc. not Nate Hill. His landlord didn't allow subletting which my cousin knew nothing of. Member said he was blackmailing Nate because Mr. Hill was cheating on his wife with a man, stealing from the church, stole from his previous church & secretly trying to get church people on his side so he could overthrow the Sr pastor & take his job. Mr. Hill told me personally when I spoke with him that he would contact church members & try to find my cousin a place to live so she wouldn't become homeless. He didn't follow through & later said he wasn't concerned if her son had to sleep on the ground. In fact, he said, "whatever happens is the will of God" "it's better to be homeless & walk in the path of righteousness." He also conveyed that it wasn't that unsafe for a woman to sleep in the woods. I told him I thought he was a moral fraud, liar & hypocrite & that I knew about the blackmail, cheating, church theft. He responded by threatening me & letting me know they(UCF) had the police, sheriff's dept & local homeland security in their back pocket. He said they made a lot of donations to law enforcement. I assume he meant legal, political contributions as he didn't elaborate. I couldn't say church member's name, my attorney advised against it because I'm currently suing him. I will say this person is a convicted felon for meth distribution(cook), still uses drugs(he admitted to me he does), keeps guns in his house which is a parole violation, with 2 DUI's who was abusive to my cousin during their relationship. This is the person Nate took up the cause of illegal eviction & lied for. Said church member is also in a leadership position at the church. These men are also supposed role models for young men & women in the church. Nate Hill Fletcher NC aka Nathaniel Elliot Hill-Asheville NC, Flat Rock NC (Upward Christian Fellowship Flat Rock NC) had no remorse for his actions & believed what he was doing was right. I've sent messages to the Sr pastor but he never contacted me back regarding what transpired. read more

This wouldn't be a bad church except their guitar player/music director Barry Gueva Conner is a convicted felon, convicted of manufacturing methamphetamines with 2 DUI's who is a functional alcoholic/pot user and is currently having an adulterous affair with my wife. He's married, according to him. He uses the church to find women he can con out of money and assets. He's used and abused a number of women. He brags about how easy it is to manipulate and take advantage of women, friends, family, colleagues, brags about being a sexual deviant who has had multiple STD's. He cheated on a previous wife, and had an affair with his last wife while she was still married. He lied to a former fiancee. He gave my wife a marijuana/psychotropic mix that nearly killed her, later admitted it and thought it was funny. The church invades the privacy of their members and in one instance made someone homeless. And it wasn't the first time. If they find out about people living together without benefit of marriage they will see to it that one person leaves the home and they don't care who they hurt. As for Barry Conner, they know what kind of person he is and either he has them snowed or they don't care. The church is full of gossipers and troublemakers. I agree they have a good music program, it's laid back and relaxing in atmosphere and dress and lead pastor Anthony Craver is an excellent speaker. If they'd just clean up some of this mess and not mind other people's business it wouldn't be a bad place to attend. And I might even consider coming back. But the way it stands now, serious changes need to be made. I've attended this church for several years now until Barry targeted my wife and refused to stop the affair. I complained but nothing was done so I left. read more