This week's Table podcast is on church membership and discipline.
Thinking Biblically about Church Membership and Discipline - DTS Voice
In this episode, Drs. Darrell L. Bock and Jeremy Kimble discuss ecclesiology, focusing on church membership and church discipline.
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- Joe: Two issues here. One is what excommunication means before God. Second is the fact such excommunication does not mean as much if the separation of the church means little (as you note). So the quality of the community is important, but the first point applies regardless and is most important.
- So how do you balance having a new believer that starts coming to your church and wants to join, yet has some sin baggage because they are a new Christian. How much do you accept before you do church discipline on them?
- This is something never done quickly. Nor it is something that does not take into consideration how the person views their "baggage." It is tied to sin done without a desire to deal with it.