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40 Questions about Church Membership and Discipline is unavailable, but you can change that!

Does church membership mean more than simply joining a social group? Does the church have a responsibility to discipline its members—and if so, what does that look like? Recognizing the many puzzling questions about the critical role of the church in the life of believers, Jeremy Kimble addresses forty key points. Each section considers questions of theology, ministry, and practicality, such as:...

The people of God are called, therefore, to exhort one another continually in a local church context in order that we might be holy as God is holy (1 Peter 1:16; cf. Lev. 11:44). If an individual stumbles and becomes involved in continual, unrepentant sin, the church must lovingly confront and, if necessary, remove those who refuse to repent.11 This ongoing, communal process of discipline must take place,12 but a robust culture of discipleship will prevent many of these extreme cases. As such, churches
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