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Originally Posted by HopePreacher
What do you think is the motivation for a pastor to require the members to sign such a paper?
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Probably a sincere effort to deal with a problem with some members who cannot restrain themselves. But it is a mistake of acting like God to people who do not want to heed God. We cannot make people do things they refuse to do for the Lord.
If people do not want to do something, it is no use making them do so, for it neither blesses them nor God. It's still in their hearts.
In this particular instance, it was an alternative to actually dealing with certain unrestrained people individually, and was so much easier to bully the issue to everyone from the pulpit. Anyway, it's no church I belong to nor ever did belong to. But it's sad to hear it is happening in some places.