[stmatthew]

A lot of these "Membership Letters" and "Ministry Agreements" stem from the fear that someone will sue the church. An example would be if someone was ministering in the choir, and had stated that they agreed with standards of the church concerning jewelry, and then showed up all decked out like Mr T. If such a one was "set down", they could not run and try to sue over it because they had signed the papaer that they understood and agreed with the church standards.


Personally, I think these things are foolish, and childish. If you don't know someone by the spirit enough to trust them on the platform, then you really shouldn't bring them up there in the first place.