Voting Rights

The Church Order states: "These who are delegated to the assemblies . . . shall have a vote in all matters, except such as particularly concerns their persons or churches." The Church Order states: "These who are delegated to the assemblies . . . shall have a vote in all matters, except such as particularly concerns their persons or churches." The necessity of this exception to the rule arises from the fact that also in the church, as she still is in the midst of the present evil world, there...