The Importance of Separating Activities at a Members Meeting

First Corinthians 14 tells us that there's clearly unbelievers together in their assembly. And prudentially you're suggesting that, maybe it's wise to do some of those decision making type things separately from where the unbelievers might be present. Well, the main point is not that the unbelievers not be present because in the 19th century, they deliberately would do these meetings often in Saturdays so that they could be open to the public so unbelievers could see. It's not the main point that may be prudentially useful in American society. I think it is in our church. But it's so that that work could be done there. So there would be a stated time and purpose for the