The kindness of the Lord: when elders fail (16)

Excerpt:
In one of our session meetings in the town church during the first year or so, someone brought up the fact that one of the elders off at college was living with her boyfriend. Thus I found out the church had followed general assembly’s constant haranguing of churches to be sure to elect “representative leadership.” In this case, that meant electing a high school girl whom they ordained and installed as one of their elders.

She was now off at college, her father was also an elder, and the session was informed she was living with her boyfriend, without benefit of marriage. We sent a letter...

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