Third Degree Mason?

Question

i became a 3rd Degree at at Eastgate Lodge, I believe it was 155, it is no longer there as that was years ago.

I became involved in a church who had convinced me that Masonry and Christianity could not co-exist and had me send a letter to the main lodge in Forest Grove, Oregon to ask that my membership be revoked. After that I never heard from them and do not know if they revoked it or not. Seems like they would have wanted some confirmation, as anyone could send a letter. Anyway, I have been inactive for years and have sensed discontinued in this church and have become less fundamental in my thinking

Do you think they would still have record of me and that reinstatement is possible?

Answer 1

WOW!

Did the church give you a reason as to why the 2 couldn't coexist in you? Why did you allow them to dictate what's best for you?

As far as the mason part, because you have not heard from them, they may have kicked you to the curb!

But don't ask to be reinstated if you arwe not fully pledged to it, regardless of what someone in church says.

Be sure of who you are , what they both are, whether you want to be a part of either and stick to your convictions!

Answer 2

I wouldnt count on it. You may have burned your bridges. All you had to do to leave the fraternity was phone your lodge secretary and request a demit. He would've sent you a form to fill out, and you would have stopped paying dues, and you wouldve lost your Masonic priviliges, but reinstatement wouldve been as simple as a phone call. Instead you offended the men who worked so hard to confer the degrees on you. That is what happens when you let somebody else think for you. You can always try to be reinstated. They may be glad to have you back. But quitting outright is much diferent than demiting, or even being suspended for non-payment. I'm not sure what your lodge's by-laws, or the Grand Lodge's constitution says about it.

Answer 3

Most lodges (at least the one's in our area) are looking for members, not chasing them away. Since your lodge is no longer in existance, you clearly can't go back there. But you should be able to contact the worthy master for your local lodge and ask him to research your request. And if the Mason's won't accept you back, try the Oregon Grange instead or the Lions Club or the Rotary. All are organizations that promote fraternal values but with different emphasis.