2023年1月11日 · Church discipline is the process of correcting sinful behavior among members of a local church body for the purpose of protecting the church, restoring the sinner to a right walk with God, and renewing fellowship among the church members.

2022年10月12日 · Church discipline is not man’s idea, but God’s. Learn more about what it is and why it's so purposeful in the Christian life.

Church discipline is the process of correcting sin in the life of the congregation and its members. Church discipline typically starts privately and informally, growing to include the whole church only when necessary.

In Matthew 18:15-17, Jesus sets forth the four step process of church discipline: (1) tell him his sin alone; (2) take some witnesses; (3) tell the church; and (4) treat him as an outsider. Step One (Matt. 18:15). The process of church discipline begins on an individual level.

Though church discipline is a very difficult area of doctrine and one hard to practice, it nevertheless rests upon the divine authority of Scripture and is vital to the purity, power, progress, and purpose of the church.

2017年8月13日 · The church must practice biblical church discipline toward professing Christians who persist in known sin. Perhaps no verse is so taken out of context and misapplied as Matthew 7:1, “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.”

2023年6月22日 · Church discipline is a hard “pill" for all of us to take and even harder for church leaders because of the great responsibility that comes with their authority. So, what does the Bible say about healthy or correct church discipline?

2006年8月13日 · Toward the church itself, church discipline restores purity and deters others from sinning. Toward the world, church discipline displays God’s standards of holiness and draws a line between the church and the world.

How is the church supposed to discipline church members? In this article Pastor Jack Wellman uses the Bible to answer this and other related questions.

2014年3月10日 · Church discipline clarifies and burnishes the church’s witness before the nations. Church discipline warns sinners of an even greater judgment to come. Most importantly, church discipline protects the name and reputation of Jesus Christ on earth.