Fraternals Now

Abstract

"In the spring of 1969 the committees of the BMF authorised the circulation a1!1ongst fratemals of a brief questionnaire '.l~u~ fraternal hfe. The re~son was simple: increasingly md~v1dual members of committees were becoming aware of their lack of knowledge of local fraternals other than those in which they happened to be personally involved-and there were vague and half spoken fears about "the decline of fraternal life" or "the inroads into fraternal life made by exclusive theologies" which made some uneasy. It was agreed that the attempt should be made to get to know the real position as well as possible"