15 comments

  1. Quinn Allen

    lol! I got a copy of the church minutes where my 3G Grandfather was in trouble for having a party at his house where dancing was involved.

  2. Thresa Boone

    I’ve heard of churching from elderly relatives. How times have changed.

  3. Clement Clapp

    The word “churching” wasn’t used but I’ve see minutes of a local church whereby folks were called-in or turned out over drinking.

  4. Clement Clapp

    The word “churching” wasn’t used but I’ve seen minutes of a local church whereby folks were called-in or turned out over drinking.

  5. Sherry Hughes Garner

    My grandmother and her sisters, from Centreville, AL, were raised in the Baptist church but they said their mother was Methodist. Not too long ago we found a notation that her father or grandfather (I forget which) was thrown out of the Baptist church. I wonder what he did? One of my aunts had an aversion to playing cards on Sunday, so maybe that was his “sin” handed down in ancestral memory?

  6. P.t. Paul

    If you’ve ever wondered where the hateful practice of public “shaming” on social media came from, look no further. Apparently, the admonition “judge not, lest ye be judged” was one of those verses that people chose – and still choose – to overlook.

    1. Sally S Cox

      Amen! Preach on!

  7. Marie Roe

    This sounds a little like the Amish.

    1. Gloria Hanaway

      Sounds a little like a witch hunt.

  8. Rick Nobles

    Can’t comment. I was actively involved. On the receiving end.

  9. John Kanty

    sounds a lot like the Mennonites.

  10. Sally S Cox

    Resently there was a publicized case of a former elected official being dismissed by a congregation here in Alabama. The person was striped of their deconship, bible study teacher status and dismissed from the congregation. Maybe we need a little more of this to truly put “the fear of the Lord!” into us.

  11. B

    Today it is called Church discipline! It is Biblical but not practiced in many Churches! It is to be done through love and for the sake of a persons soul!

  12. Phyllis Sullivan

    The writer was anything but objective. It reads like a bad paperback.

  13. Lori Adams

    Couldn’t hurt to trend back that way with the looks of things these days.

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