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lees1975

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6. If you joined, and never did anything about un-joining, chances are good you're still on the roll.

Reply to Girard442 (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:47 PM

Dec 19

Sometimes death isn't enough to remove your name. One of my college buddies went to be pastor of a Southern Baptist church in Missouri several years ago, about 50 people in church every week but over 300 members. They went through their roll and took off more than 100 names of people whose date of birth made them 100 years old or older.

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And if you look closely at their report, the membership is much greater than the actual church attendance. lees1975 Dec 19 #4

I joined a Southern Baptist church at age 13. I'm probably still being counted as a member 60 years later. Girard442 Dec 19 #5

If you joined, and never did anything about un-joining, chances are good you're still on the roll. lees1975 Dec 19 #6

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There was a huge disconnection in this denomination already in existence between people in the pew and lees1975 Saturday #10

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