Tag: discipline

How to Talk About Church Discipline in a Wounded World

The Methodist theologian William Burt Pope, following the Protestant tradition, identified church discipline as one of three marks of a true church (along with...

Church Membership, Discipleship, and Church Discipline

There is widespread acknowledgment of a crisis of church membership.

Bearing One Another’s Burdens: Towards Restorative Covenant Communities

“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2). “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it...

What if a Believer Sins? Restoration and the Church’s Role in...

“A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17) God’s Plan of Restoration All is well on the earth for a short...