Richard Bacon wrote a book a number of years ago entitled "Revealed to Babes: Children in the public worship of God", which obviously dealt with the issue at hand. He made a very compelling case (from Scripture, of course) that all people should partake in the congregational worship, from cradle to grave.

He deals with the issue of crying babies and unruly children, primarily by establishing a "cry/discipline room," which is essentially soundproof but the people can see the pastor through a large window and can hear the service through a piped in sound system.

My response to that is, well, then how did people manage in the old days without the technology? I don't recall that he really answered that question.

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Randy Harris
Heritage Church (Independent)
Oklahoma City, OK