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To: fwdude

Did the SBC use that word? Disfellowship, yes but I’d have to see a reference from the SBC that they excommunicate anyone or entity.


30 posted on 07/08/2011 12:53:43 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

No, they use the word “disfellowship,” which is as strong as it gets in Baptist circles. Nobody “excommunicates” anymore, which implies treating as if the excommunicated is a heathen. It’s a shame, because treating an obstinate, willful offender as an unbeliever is thoroughly biblical.


38 posted on 07/08/2011 1:05:16 PM PDT by fwdude (Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
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