Post by benshelpmeet on Jul 12, 2006 10:22:53 GMT -5
Dear Board Members, and those that want back on this site,
Bro. Ben sent out a letter to all the inactive board members telling them that he does not want our membership # on this site to say we have over a hundred members when we actually only have a handful of faithful posters. He decided that if you did not get on regularly, and were not an active part of this board that your membership would be deleted, so our # of actual active members would be correct.
He also stated that this board was not to be used as a PM service! We notice that alot of people ''Log On'' this board, but they never post they are never apart of this site outwardly. Bro. Ben stated that , that is what your E-Mail service is for.
We started this site to meet like minded people of a Baptist background, who believe in the christians womans head covering. We wanted a place where people male or female (like-minded) could come and share their thoughts and struggles....and prayer request and blessings....and a place for ladies to learn more about home making, child raising, gardening, canning, cooking, baking, etc...
If people just want to join to be apart of the behind the scenes underground PM service, then you should use your own private E- Mail service for that.
But if you want to be an active part of this site then you are very welcome here. We are a cyber christian family, we all need each other, when someone is gone for a month or longer, they are greatly missed. They are missed if their gone for a week, thats why I try and hop on and post even in my busy time of the year, really with 8 children and a husband to look after and take care of all year is a busy time for me. ;D
But the brethren on this site are important to me, and I want to be involved in their lives. That should be every member of this sites desire, this site should not be someones PM service, daily or every other day jumping on to see if they have mail, never stopping to interact with those on the Board, openly sharing your thoughts and heart with others. It is edifying to others when they see your smiling face on board (not just in PM's).
Bro. Ben has had me go through periodically and remove inactive members, so that our # of active members will be correct. It is not an easy thing to do, because each and every member that has ever been active in the past, has a special place in my heart.
When we delete a membership that uses this site as a PM service, they immediately (within a short period of time) come back requesting membership.
We do not desire to give them membership just so they can be active PMers. The reason we ok membership is so they can be active on this board openly, apart of the discussions. Thats why it is called a discussion board! 
If you want to come back on and join in the discussions you are welcome! That is to the people that are many, trying to rejoin.
*This board is not a free PM service.
*This board is not to recruit members for your discussion group or blog site.
*This site is not for arguing or strong debate.
***This site is a ministry of Bro. Ben's and I, we take some pretty strong stands on issues, but we back it up with scripture. We want people with strong convictions (even stronger than ours) to have a place to come, and feel like they can share their heart and not be jumped on just because their stand or conviction is strong.
It is a good thing for Gods people to desire to live a life well pleasing to our Lord Jesus Christ. This world is full of compromising christians who avidly try and justify their worldly compromise. They fight tooth and nail for their lesser stand for the Lord. 
But on this site we desire to help people or at least show them how to come up to higher ground.
Bro. Ben requested I make this post, ~ sister Darlene ~
Bro. Ben sent out a letter to all the inactive board members telling them that he does not want our membership # on this site to say we have over a hundred members when we actually only have a handful of faithful posters. He decided that if you did not get on regularly, and were not an active part of this board that your membership would be deleted, so our # of actual active members would be correct.
He also stated that this board was not to be used as a PM service! We notice that alot of people ''Log On'' this board, but they never post they are never apart of this site outwardly. Bro. Ben stated that , that is what your E-Mail service is for.
We started this site to meet like minded people of a Baptist background, who believe in the christians womans head covering. We wanted a place where people male or female (like-minded) could come and share their thoughts and struggles....and prayer request and blessings....and a place for ladies to learn more about home making, child raising, gardening, canning, cooking, baking, etc...
If people just want to join to be apart of the behind the scenes underground PM service, then you should use your own private E- Mail service for that.
But if you want to be an active part of this site then you are very welcome here. We are a cyber christian family, we all need each other, when someone is gone for a month or longer, they are greatly missed. They are missed if their gone for a week, thats why I try and hop on and post even in my busy time of the year, really with 8 children and a husband to look after and take care of all year is a busy time for me. ;D
But the brethren on this site are important to me, and I want to be involved in their lives. That should be every member of this sites desire, this site should not be someones PM service, daily or every other day jumping on to see if they have mail, never stopping to interact with those on the Board, openly sharing your thoughts and heart with others. It is edifying to others when they see your smiling face on board (not just in PM's).
Bro. Ben has had me go through periodically and remove inactive members, so that our # of active members will be correct. It is not an easy thing to do, because each and every member that has ever been active in the past, has a special place in my heart.
When we delete a membership that uses this site as a PM service, they immediately (within a short period of time) come back requesting membership.
We do not desire to give them membership just so they can be active PMers. The reason we ok membership is so they can be active on this board openly, apart of the discussions. Thats why it is called a discussion board! 
If you want to come back on and join in the discussions you are welcome! That is to the people that are many, trying to rejoin.
*This board is not a free PM service.
*This board is not to recruit members for your discussion group or blog site.
*This site is not for arguing or strong debate.
***This site is a ministry of Bro. Ben's and I, we take some pretty strong stands on issues, but we back it up with scripture. We want people with strong convictions (even stronger than ours) to have a place to come, and feel like they can share their heart and not be jumped on just because their stand or conviction is strong.
It is a good thing for Gods people to desire to live a life well pleasing to our Lord Jesus Christ.
This world is full of compromising christians who avidly try and justify their worldly compromise. They fight tooth and nail for their lesser stand for the Lord. 
But on this site we desire to help people or at least show them how to come up to higher ground. Bro. Ben requested I make this post, ~ sister Darlene ~
Actually most of the members do not cover.