READERS' EXCHANGE

 

Your paper is stimulating and a light to many of our Fellowship of Christians-House Church. The majority is Church of Christ “drop-outs,” which means that we were told by our congregations that they preferred not to worship with us. Carolyn Montgomery

I am a graduate of one of our Schools of Preaching, and since that time I have studied myself out of “Church of Christism.” I am now learning what it means to be a free man in Christ, making the only terms of fellowship what God has made a condition of salvation. Name withheld

Thanks for the compliments relative to the article in the Guardian. Many traditional views need attention and in our studies here for the past several years we are endeavoring to get the chaff out of the wheat. Progress in understanding is being made. I t is somewhat frightening how many respond to study with “Well, I wasn’t taught that!” Arnold Hardin, Scyene Church of Christ, 2920 Prairie Creek Rd., Dallas 75227

A Unity Forum will be conducted by Grassy Church of Christ, near Arab, Alabama, Friday night, Sept. 1, through Sunday afternoon, Sept. 3. Dallas Burdette, Norman Parks, John Acuff, Charles Holt, Dwain Evans, and Leroy Garrett are among the participants. Open forum and mutual sharing will be emphasized. Call A. B. Farris at 205-586-4463 for further information.