I also apologize for my part in veering the topic away from the guidelines here. What a great place to work on our genealogy at! I will stick to that from now on for sure. My Best, Iris Daughter of Ira D. Cripe On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:49 PM, J.A. Florian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi James, > > I will respect your post. But I did want to write a clarification of my > first message. Rather than asking for opinion about doctrine or practices, > I had hoped to gain a little insight about the historical and > current methods of gaining and keeping membership alive. (For example, > what > do churches do when people drift away? i.e. contact them? leave them alone? > Do CObs "advertise" to the community or to its old members?) Further, I > had hoped to maybe find a small suggestion of how I, as an outsider (though > not a member), might help to support a COB church that has struggled to > keep > open. We all know that in any endeavor, it's hard to keep enthusiasm high > when we're doing a task alone (or in isolation) and how we can build each > other up in any activity (not just in religious activity). I guess I hoped > to learn more about methods used to ' grow a church' so I could be more > supportive to the remaining members. I'm in another State so there's > little > I can do in-person. > > Please respond OFF-List to cageycat "AT" gmail.com if you have a > comment > about old or new ways to build membership, or ideas about how I could be > the > most helpful or supportive. ("Reply" is set to insert the List Address so > please remember to delete that, or just open a new Compose Mail before > replying to my email address.) > > I apologize that my question veered the conversation away from the List > rules. > > Thank you, > > Judy > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:29 PM, James Shuman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Friends and Colleagues, > > > > Although the first few messages on this topic were fairly acceptable, > > the nature of the thread was such that it soon veered in the > > direction that we have long asked our members not to pursue. > > > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Come home to www.soldiersangels.org and adopt a Soldier! They have given so much to us.