196 school board, 88, 89, 127 supplying literature on Sabbath, 118 times of, 174, 175 unauthorized speakers, 116 unity, importance of maintaining, 115, 116 worship, 117, 118 form of, 117, 173, 174 forms of, 172, 173 Members: absent, 80, 186 approval of, when granting letters, 54, 55 choir, 92 church board, 125, 126 correspondence with, 74, 80 death of, 55, 64, 80, 109 discipline, 56-67 See also Discipline. erring, treatment of, 56-67 lawyers not to represent, 65 letters of transfer for, 53, 54, 77 missing, 51, 65 new, 49 no wall of partition, 22, 23 notification to persons removed from, 66 of conference church, 55 of dissolved or expelled church, 41, 42, 54 of organized companies, 39 payments by, 83 rebaptizing former, 50, 51, 67, 154 receiving of, 49, 51, 53, 54 right to be heard in own defense, 64 transferring, 37, 52-55, 65, 80, 169 not accepted, 54 vote of church required to add or remove, 80 Membership, 44-55 baptism prerequisite to, 44, 45 church board, 33, 86, 125 church choir, 92
CHURCH MANUAL during transfer, 53 local, 70, 71 no retired list of, 55 of divorced persons, 150-154 on profession of faith, 46, 51 on spiritual basis, 44 one record, 55 public examination for, 45 qualifications for, 44-46 reception into, 46-49 reinstating persons removed from, 66 removal from, 62-67 required to vote at business meeting, 123, 124 tests of fellowship, 63 transferring, 37, 52-55, 65, 80, 169 Messiah, 157 Midweek meeting, 174 See also Prayer meeting. Millennium, 165, 166 Minister: licensed, 34, 73 not to establish tests of fellowship, 63 use of term, 20, 21 See also Pastor. Ministerial Association, 75 Ministries: children’s, 85, 86 communication, 86, 87 education, 87-89 family, 89-91 health, 91, 92 music, 92 personal, 97-99 public affairs and religious liberty, 92, 93 publishing, 93, 94 Sabbath school, 94-97 small group, 38, 98 stewardship, 99 women’s, 99, 100 youth, 100-105 Ministry for families, 154, 155 Ministry to People With Disabilities, 98, 99