Wanda, I asked the Librarian then about those minutes when a particular Church member strayed and was counseled by the elders. Unfortunately, the session(s) was verbally resolved in the person's home and the minutes wasn't recorded. Appears to be a "Forgive and Forget." policy. Doug: This was a most interesting read, in that, recently, I was in a Sunday morning Baptist Bible Study, and one of the topics, was how does the church deal with some of the major indiscretions of its members, today? In other words, how are we, as Christians, suppose to hold each other accountable? So as you can guess, this was an interesting read for me Thanks for sharing Wanda

I have a copy of church minutes "Constitution (1846), Membership Roll and Minutes of Greensboro Baptist Church of Christ - 1877-1897". There are several instances of matters (drinking, dancing, etc) where names of members guilty of these actions were brought before a church in a business meeting. When this happened, if the member chose to refrain from these actions; the member was restored to fellowship of the church and it was so stated in the minutes. However there are some instances recorded where, the member being held accountable for his conduct, was dismissed from the fellowship, and it is recorded in the church minutes, as was necessary for church to vote, to take his name off the roll. One such notation: "Lucy Cromer - Excluded Jun xx 1880; Restored 25 Aug 1880."" ""Sister McGarrh & Sisters Cromer ....Sister Alice Cromer made acknowledgment and was forgiven, the other 3 were cases were deferred until next meeting.""" Thanks for checking and letting me know. Wanda -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Douglas Cummins Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 10:02 AM To: MSATTALA@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSATTALA] Church Minutes Wanda, I asked the Librarian then about those minutes when a particular Church member strayed and was counseled by the elders. Unfortunately, the session(s) was verbally resolved in the person's home and the minutes wasn't recorded. Appears to be a "Forgive and Forget." policy. Doug: This was a most interesting read, in that, recently, I was in a Sunday morning Baptist Bible Study, and one of the topics, was how does the church deal with some of the major indiscretions of its members, today? In other words, how are we, as Christians, suppose to hold each other accountable? So as you can guess, this was an interesting read for me Thanks for sharing Wanda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2831 - Release Date: 04/24/10 06:31:00