Originally Posted by
jrickards
My father belongs to a Presbyterian church, here in Canada (may be called something different in the US and elsewhere) and there are 3 levels of membership. Anyone can attend but to act on behalf of the church, you need to be "approved". I can't remember the name of all 3 levels but I know that the top is called Elder (top, excluding the Pastor). My parents were Anglican when they came over from the UK in 1957 but in the last few years, they haven't been happy with the Anglican church as a whole and also, were not happy with the Ministers in the local churches so they switched to Presbyterian.
Ah, got it, thanks. I was interpreting it as you had to be voted in just to be a rank and file member; I'd forgotten that deacons, elders and such were elected. We had that in our church too when I was growing up. Anyway, good job on returning the wallet. I found one on my commute one morning, just a couple of blocks from a police station I pass on the way in. It was pretty much empty, but I dropped it off anyway.