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Letters to the Editor - September/October 2006
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RESPONSE TO OCTOBER 29 ISSUE
A Central Point of Contact Would Help (posted 12-21-06) Regarding the second part of the “Assessing Candidates for Ordination” series (October 29), I have one question. Did the author and her spouse undergo such scrutiny before being allowed to take the positions where (they are) presently employed? I wonder whether Alexander and Thomas Campbell, Barton W. Smith, or Raccoon John Smith and their wives would have been ordained under such a procedure? —Mark A. McClanahan Doraville, Georgia
A Central Point of Contact Would Help (posted 10-26-06) Pertaining to the article about “Ordination” and “getting it right the first time” (“Assessing Candidates for Ordination: Part Two of a Three-Part Series” by Paige Matthews, October 29). People, including ministers, change. It would be great if we (nondenominational independent churches) could have a central point of contact to report those pastors who violate their calling. There are those who would tear a church apart then move to do the same somewhere else. I am sure most of us have seen this happen, with no way to stop the damage caused. I know that every elder, deacon, board, and congregation truly desires to “get it right the first time.” —Bill Perkey Rich Hill, Missouri
RESPONSE TO OCTOBER 22 ISSUE
What Tax Issues? (posted 11-9-06)
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