Online Opinion Poll

Thank you to everyone who responded to our poll. We have published some of the results in our article "WHEN YOUR ABUSER OR ESTRANGED RELATIVE DIES- CONDOLENCES, OBITUARIES, AND GOING TO THE FUNERAL". I know what a difficult decision it is to figure out whether you should go to the funeral of a parent or sibling who was no longer speaking to you or who abused you and I included my own testimony, as well as what the Bible says about funerals, honoring the dead, etc. I pray this article will help you make your decision and give you peace as well. God bless.

***THE POLL CAN BE FOUND ON THE LEFT MENU

***We will be closing this poll on March 1, 2007 so we can start writing the article. If you would like your opinions to be counted, please respond by March 1st. We would greatly appreciate your thoughts. Thank you so much :)

Dear Sister or Friend,

Greetings to you in the blessed name of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit has put upon my heart to write about a difficult and distressing subject. An article about this topic would be of great help to many of our sisters who are stuggling with these issues. I feel very strongly that I need your thoughts and your input in order to clarify my own thoughts before I begin writing, so I am asking for your help.

I need your opinions on some sensitive topics. Would you please take a few minutes to fill out this informal survey? It would be of great help to me in writing a future article which hopefully will bless many of us. Of all the many books we have in our library on family estrangements, it is strange and interesting that not one addresses these issues, making research through already published material next to impossible.

We apologize that we do NOT yet have the capability to receive your responses online. We would be very grateful if you could please print out the survey, fill in your answers, and mail it to Luke 17:3 Ministries, PO Box 684, Chestertown, NY 12817. Please click on the survey below and use the printer friendly version by clicking it on the bottom of the survey.

You do not have to sign your name or let us know who you are if you prefer not to. Either way, no identifying information will be published in any future articles. I need as many opinions as possible. If you know anyone else who would be willing to fill out this survey, please give them a copy, or let me know and I will send you extra copies. Anyone can fill out a survey, not just people who already have estranged relatives. Any thoughts or comments you care to add at the end are greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for blessing me and our ministry with your help. God bless you always, Sister Renee

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