Insufferable Sins

After reading a book on church discipline where the author suggested that there were certain sins that were considered insufferable, I began wondering if this was true.  Are there certain sins that if committed can disqualify someone from church leadership or membership indefinitely?  More accurately stated – forever?
I know that there are certain qualifications for [...]

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Church Discipline (Part 7)

I have come across a book on the web entitled “Manual of Church Discipline” by a Reverend Eleazer Savage.  I’m not sure how the book will turn out, but I found some interesting observations just in the first chapter.  (If you would like to read the book it can be found here.)

Corrective Church Discipline is “the right [...]

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The Case of Touchy Tom

Christianity Today has recently posted an article on a modern-day excommunication within a baptist church.  The article can be found here.
 As you read through the article, it appears Tom’s membership was put to a vote by the general assembly.  This in my mind seems inappropriate, although seemed to have produced the correct results in this [...]

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