Almost All Are Welcome Mark P. Spinks, 2011 published here 1 September 2011 last edited on 2 December 2015 copyright status is Public Domain Subjects: Discipline, Submission The decision… had been that he would not be allowed in services from now on. Nothing else had worked. He would not be silenced; he would not voluntarily keep his seat. He had felt obligated to speak of teachings that were condemned by the ministers. from Almost All Are Welcome	Almost All Are Welcome Based on a True Story Brother Dufer looked out over the congregation. Nearly everyone was measured up. True, some were not as whole-heartedly measured up as others, but what wasn’t done out of conviction, was done out of respect… well, fear… of the opinions of others. Some were motivated by convictions, but others… [read more]

Almost All Are Welcome

Mark P. Spinks, 2011

published here 1 September 2011
last edited on 2 December 2015
copyright status is Public Domain

The decision… had been that he would not be allowed in services from now on. Nothing else had worked. He would not be silenced; he would not voluntarily keep his seat. He had felt obligated to speak of teachings that were condemned by the ministers.

from Almost All Are Welcome

Almost All Are Welcome
Based on a True Story
Brother Dufer looked out over the congregation. Nearly everyone was measured up. True, some were not as whole-heartedly measured up as others, but what wasn’t done out of conviction, was done out of respect… well, fear… of the opinions of others. Some were motivated by convictions, but others… [read more]