Worse Than Sin
Some time ago one of the prominent
churches in the community decided to rewrite their by-laws
on the suggestion of one of their new members, a young
lawyer.
After completing the rewriting of the by-laws they were
presented to the church at a called meeting. The meeting
was well attended. Some of the older members had not been
too enthusiastic on changing any of the by-laws but had not
presented much opposition.
One of the new by-laws stated that the church should not
employ members of the church for regular service jobs, in
particular the church secretary; but should go outside the
church membership to find these employees.
When this by-law came up for discussion and a vote, one of
the long time men members stood up and remarked, “ I
question just how this would work. I’d go to the barber
shop and they would say, ‘ Heard you fired your secretary.
What did she do? Did she steal something?’ and I’d say no,
worse than that. She joined the church!”
There was a roar of laughter and needless to say, this
proposed by-law was voted down.