——I can find no scriptural examples to support having just anyone become a part of the intimate body of believers. In fact, there are several admonitions to EXPEL such people, or separate from them.-—
I have no idea why you think I said or implied that....
There are clear scriptural references to church membership, leadership etc....
Nowhere did I say an unrepentant person should have any part of the body of Christ.
What I did say was the Church is where sinners get saved and where the power of the. Holy Spirit is manifest.
Okay, I simply disagree with you that “church is where sinners get saved.” History is replete with just the opposite. (Wesley, Apostle Paul, many a sinner who accepted Christ in a motel room with a Gideon Bible.)
Church is where former sinners are fed and nurtured.