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Recently I read this letter to the editor of Adventist World. I did not go back and retrieve G.T. Ng's interview by Bill Knott, but wondered how the readers here felt about the subject.
More Harm Than Good?
I was saddened to read G. T. Ng’s counsel on membership auditing in the interview by Bill Knott, “Membership Audit Is a Redemptive Process” (December 2012).Is there ever a time, even after a year of visiting, when we should approach nonattending church members to inform them that their names will be removed from the church records? Is there ever a “need” to take their names off the church records? Surely, only if lapsed members approach the church and request that their names be removed, that member must otherwise remain on the books and, more important, on the hearts and in the prayers of the whole church concerned.
I don’t recall the prodigal son being given a year to return home. We could do more harm than good in an effort to keep our church books tidy. I thank God for His records.
Tina Bunker
Devon, England
Last edited by bob_2 (04-30-13 1:27 am)
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Bob, please post up the original article.
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Here it is Tom:
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