Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-186 (Practical Christian Living)

SUPPOSE

(From Christian Quotation of the Day)

Just suppose members of our churches were voted on, like the members of certain civic clubs. Suppose three unexcused absences required that the individual’s name be automatically dropped from the roll, and could be reinstated only by special vote of the body.

Suppose absences from services had to be made up by attending services in some other place, or by carrying out some special project.

Suppose church members had to be re-elected to membership each year, and that their attendance and participation in the program of activities determined how the vote went.

Oh, well — just suppose.

– The Baptist Messenger

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