Subject: INVITATION |
Bible Note: Hi again, Doc. May I enter an amendment to my prior post? Evidently I erred in my understanding of the "committee" question in regard to candidates for membership. At the Baptist church where I'm a member, those who "walk down the aisle" are indeed met and counseled by the church's staff of ministers (it is a large church and has a pastor and a number of other ministers on its ministerial staff. After thinking of my previous post, I began to fear that I came off as a maverick of some kind and, albeit inadvertently, may have misrepresented my home church as well as my position on the matter. But of course and indeed! there is a great deal more involved in following Christ than merely taking a Sunday morning stroll down the aisle of the church house. These new members need much follow-up counsel, nurturing, instruction, encouragement and fellowship from the moment they take the initial step down the aisle onward. I tend to believe that the questioner may have been mistaken about the committee who reportedly took it upon themselves to pass judgment about a candidate's salvation. That's a matter between the candidate and the Lord. --Hank |