Comments on: Repent of Unregenerate Church Membership? Dockery Says “Yes”

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On Regenerate Church Membership « Provocations & Pantings — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:03:04 +0000

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By: kschaub

kschaub — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:30:08 +0000

That a boy, David Dockery!

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weekly roundup: 5.31-6.6 « mission:contend — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:25:45 +0000

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By: Timmy Brister

Timmy Brister — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:14:47 +0000

Dismal,

Something that might be helpful is to have the leadership (either elders or deacons or both) regularly pray through the membership directory on a regular basis. Maybe a page a week or something like that. We do this where I serve, along with assigning a portion of the membership to each elder for greater member care and shepherding.

By: Dismal Deacon

Dismal Deacon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:25:11 +0000

Strongly agree with the post.

Have been thinking about this issue a lot recently. Don’t think you can have hard rules about attend. but do think a review process is needed. Perhaps one where the pastor/elders/deacons get together to review who has been in church over the past month and who they have not seen. If none of the group has seen a family or person then perhaps a visit/inquiry needs to be made to determine if there is a problem or a need. If the non-attending person is not willing to attend on a regular basis after a Matt 18 process then he should be removed from the roll.