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Pilgrim said:

The situation which I was in and yours may indeed be different to some degree, but I think they share a common and serious error, which is that they require man-made rules to be adhered to as qualifications for membership in the household of faith.

Pilgrim,

I was only pointing out a small difference in our two situations , which are still very similar. I agree that both positions are seriously in error. Thanks for sharing you experiences with me. I wrote my pastor this evening to try to clear up exactly what the requirements are and make sure I didn't misunderstand anything. Hopefully, I'll have a response relatively quickly. If the requirements are what I understood them to be, then I'll most likely turn down membership. If that's the case, I'll have to really pray about what the next step should be.

By the way, the articles you linked too are really great (and encouraging since I've felt a little beaten down by this). The John Murray article is especially good.

John