Pure Church

The article doesnt provide enough information. What did the pastors do before sending the letter? Did they first talk to the individuals and is the sin unrepentant? Are the individuals still official members or they already resign their memebership?

Thnak you for bringing this to my attention...

An interesting thing about the seperation of church and state... isn't this exact thing the reason it is in the Constitution?

And not the other way around?

Anonymous,
This post (http://purechurch.blogspot.com/2006/06/keeping-church-pure-through-discipline.html#links) has more background and links to another article on the issue. Hope it helps. From what I can tell, it seems the church acted appropriately and not hastily. But, that's a fly on the wall perspective.

Samurai, seems we've been pursuing the separation clause with great zeal while increasingly infringing on the free exercise clause for some time.

Thabiti

Anonymous,

Incidentally, the phrase "separation of church and state" came from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson, and appears nowhere in the Constitution.

interesting...i'm sure this is only the beginning