Church Discipline

“How should Christians treat family members who have been excommunicated from their local church? The Bible clearly instructs believers to avoid close fellowship with those under church discipline….

“I’m certain we did not handle the situation perfectly…. The question we faced throughout the process was a difficult one: When do character deficiencies disqualify someone from a pastoral office?” - 9 Marks

“…the elder board exercised deliberate and prayerful discretion regarding the timing, the manner of disclosing specific details throughout the restoration process. This was not done to conceal wrongdoing, but rather to uphold the integrity of the process, to protect the dignity of all involved, and prevent unnecessary speculation or sensationalism” - MinistryWatch

Also…

“In this episode, Ligon Duncan and Matt Smethurst discuss what church discipline is (and isn’t), why healthy congregations practice it… advice for fostering a culture in your church where discipline will seem faithful, not foreign.” - TGC

“A lawsuit filed in California state court accuses the church of violating a former member’s privacy and inflicting emotional harm.” - RNS

“Pastors haven’t felt the need to practice church discipline in their congregations frequently, if at all. Most U.S. Protestant pastors (54%) say their churches haven’t formally disciplined a member since they became the pastor, nor was it done previously, as far as they know.” - Baptist Press

“After our conversation, he asked those counseling him if they felt it would be prudent to let him speak from the heart in a video interview at our church in Mobile. The idea is that I would interview him and release the video if, and only if, his family, his counselors, OnePassion’s board, and the elders at TBC were all in agreement.” - Clint Archer