Are you involved in a Southern Baptist Church? You must read Mark Dever’s comments on the mistake we Southern Baptists made in our annual meeting this year – see the above link.
As Dever points out quite clearly, keeping so-called members on the roll as a means of “prospects” is a result of a faulty view of the church and no doubt conversion as well.
This article is a reason why we need men like Dever in positions of leadership within our convention.