They still Believe in the Church

But they are not active in it.

The Church, in this case, is the RLDS church. The people are in my extended family, who are not quite sure what their relationship to the Church is, but would probably agree with my summary.

They still believe in it, but are not active in it.

The woman I was married to for five years, in the Sixties, felt the same way. Her parents were very active in the Church, as mine were. But we were not interested in it.

We did, however, get married in the Church. Beth was only 19, so we could not get married at City Hall. We called the local church, explained who are parents were, and said we wanted to get married.

They arranged for a special ceremony after preaching service on Sunday. Then took us out for lunch, took up a collection, and gave us $26!