I've heard of a primarily-military-based church whose constitution stated that if a member was absent @ 3 regular services (i.e., Sun AM, Sun PM, & mid-week (The mid-week service varied from week to week because their meeting place was rented from a company that often hosted conferences, etc., & used this church's meeting room for them.), NO EXCUSES ACCEPTED, that member was automatically listed as an "INACTIVE MEMBER," & as its constitution further stipulated, could not partake of the Lord's Supper at that church until a majority of members voted that person into its "ACTIVE" role. Seems to me that this policy over-stepped its bounds since it made no provision for a member being deployed or any other reason (e.g., a protracted illness, etc.) for a member's absence. I don't know what this church did if one of its GI's went on leave, etc.. IS it up to the local church to say who can & who cannot partake of the Lord's Supper? Even Judas Iscariot partook of the elements when Jesus instituted the L's S, didn't he? And, what if that church's pastor was called on a 90-day deployment? To me this kind of "INACTIVE" status would leave more questions unsolved than it would solve them, wouldn't it? I left that TN area years ago so I don't know for certain if that church still has this in its constitution; moreover, I don't even know if that church is in existence. Comments??