I'm finding this thread very interesting.
It's got me thinking about how this would apply if a congregation had a "constitution"?
For example, in Australia the individual congregations had to unanimously accept a
congregation specific constitution in order to continue recieving the
Charitable Institution Tax concession.
I noticed therein that members were described as 'active publishers' of the so and so congregation.
So, does the congregation's constitutional description have any bearing on this threads direction?
I'm thinking,,, ok if I am not an active publisher then I have no rights that a member would have, or be
subject to any "treatment" that a member would. If I write a letter stating my resignation from the
membership that should be the end of it, shouldn't it?
LIke as a financial or non financial member of an organisation that describes membership criteria.
Just wondering.
jtg