Receiving Members by Letter by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 13, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 18.

Receiving Members by Letter

By Editor

G. M.—There is no “recognized rule” among S. D. A. churches as to the reception of members by letter. Some churches act upon the name immediately on presentation of the letter, while others lay the case over one week, as in applications for baptism. There ought to be no objection to taking action at once; but cases have been known where churches have, through carelessness, granted letters to persons who were not in “good and regular standing.”