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Ernie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:55 pm I have never been able to understand why they call the group of eligible people who go through the lot, a "class".

You don't suppose they are whisked off to a secret location and given a rigorous training program?

ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:08 pm Our church doesn't ordain sisters to the ministry.

We do. Well, technically we ordain couples. Only the men preach, though.

ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:13 am
Would you say that the method the early church used to elect Matthias showed that they did not truly believe in the lot?

They believed in the lot.

Would you say that the method the early church used to elect Matthias showed that they did not truly believe in the lot? The book of Acts isn't to be followed literally today in almost every other case, so why do we cherry pick this story as being the prescribed method? If we were being totally bib...

mike wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:17 am

Signtist wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:09 am In my experience, leaders always know who is casting votes.

How? Do you cast your votes in the presence of the leaders? Or do they have exceptional handwriting recognition skills?

Verbal. To their face. In a private room. With a leader from a different congregation present.

That brings up another question. Obviously in your case the leaders know who is casting the votes. Is it always the case among CAs that votes in an ordination are cast in such a way that the ministry knows who is voting for who? I was going to suggest paper ballots in a box, and counted by a few la...

Midwest Fellowship. Everyone votes, husbands and wives are a separate vote. But, if you and your dad and your brother vote for the same guy, or your best friend and your brother-in-law and you vote for the same guy, that's one vote. That is absolutely amazing to me. Essentially that is disqualifyin...

Midwest Fellowship. Everyone votes, husbands and wives are a separate vote. But, if you and your dad and your brother vote for the same guy, or your best friend and your brother-in-law and you vote for the same guy, that's one vote. The leadership is very open about "looking for patterns" ...

Along with the information you have already provided, the table mentions "Other causes of death" is a residual category, which includes all causes of death that are not part of the 50 leading causes of death list. The following are defined under ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality...

Hello Cam, Thank you for your inquiry regarding the increase of deaths in the category “Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality.” In the Daily release of November 27, 2023, it states: In 2022, the increase in deaths among younger age groups can, in part, be attributable to deaths unde...