Sunday, October 14, 2018

Address Lists

How open Church address lists should be is a question many Churches ask. Generally under my ministr(ies), members may have other members' names and addresses on request. Here is an example of what can go wrong. Two handsome, courteous Zimbabwean refugees asked me for orientation in their strange new surroundings. I asked two Zimbabwean members whether I could pass on their details on our address list, to help the refugees with any questions. They said yes. But I was in a rush -- and with our Zimbabwean members both being on the same page of our address list, I copied the page and handed it to the refugees. The refugees then pressured, if not intimidated others on that page, claiming to do so on Church authority.

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