as with church covenants, greater emphasis has been given to church discipline in recent decades. For example, at their 2008 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Southern Baptists adopted a resolution titled “On Regenerate Church Membership and Church Member Restoration.” Southern Baptists from a variety of theological and methodological perspectives came together and promoted the resolution. Regenerate church membership and practices that aid us in our pursuit of this principle are helpful points of
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