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  1. lol! I got a copy of the church minutes where my 3G Grandfather was in trouble for having a party at his house where dancing was involved.

  2. I’ve heard of churching from elderly relatives. How times have changed.

  3. The word “churching” wasn’t used but I’ve see minutes of a local church whereby folks were called-in or turned out over drinking.

  4. The word “churching” wasn’t used but I’ve seen minutes of a local church whereby folks were called-in or turned out over drinking.

  5. My grandmother and her sisters, from Centreville, AL, were raised in the Baptist church but they said their mother was Methodist. Not too long ago we found a notation that her father or grandfather (I forget which) was thrown out of the Baptist church. I wonder what he did? One of my aunts had an aversion to playing cards on Sunday, so maybe that was his “sin” handed down in ancestral memory?

  6. If you’ve ever wondered where the hateful practice of public “shaming” on social media came from, look no further. Apparently, the admonition “judge not, lest ye be judged” was one of those verses that people chose – and still choose – to overlook.

    1. Amen! Preach on!

  7. This sounds a little like the Amish.

    1. Sounds a little like a witch hunt.

  8. Can’t comment. I was actively involved. On the receiving end.

  9. sounds a lot like the Mennonites.

  10. Resently there was a publicized case of a former elected official being dismissed by a congregation here in Alabama. The person was striped of their deconship, bible study teacher status and dismissed from the congregation. Maybe we need a little more of this to truly put “the fear of the Lord!” into us.

  11. Today it is called Church discipline! It is Biblical but not practiced in many Churches! It is to be done through love and for the sake of a persons soul!

  12. The writer was anything but objective. It reads like a bad paperback.

  13. Couldn’t hurt to trend back that way with the looks of things these days.

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