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To: sweet_diane
"Doesn't sound like the church discipline I'm familiar with. Did they go to him and point out the error of his ways? Give him an opportunity to repent?"

You know...I was wondering the same thing. Church discipline shouldn't be about getting rid of troublesome people but rather about pressuring people to do what they should and restoring them to fellowship.
70 posted on 03/22/2005 7:37:02 AM PST by Busywhiskers (When in doubt--punch.)
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To: Busywhiskers
Church discipline shouldn't be about getting rid of troublesome people but rather about pressuring people to do what they should and restoring them to fellowship.

Troublesome people.

A church member who is unrepentant,resistant to biblical principles and guidance by elders and continuing to sin, is not considered a troublesome person but a brother or sister in dire crisis. If they chose to continue to sin, then the church elders are biblically mandated to discipline that member. The end of that process calls for disaffiliation or revocation of membership in the church.

However, this does not mean that intercessory prayer is not offered for that individual or that they are not welcome to return once they have forsaken the sin and repented.

Discipline, accountability, sacrifice, responsibility and discernment and judgment are not bad concepts. Nor are they unchristian.

196 posted on 03/22/2005 10:24:09 AM PST by mother22wife21
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