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...