Church Discipline
How Should Christians Relate to Excommunicated Family Members?
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 06.17.2014How should Christians relate to family members who have been excommunicated from a church?
Ethical Hard Cases
By D. Morgan, J. Onwuchekwa, M. Dever, R. D. Moore | 02.03.2014How should a church’s elders address divorce, illegal immigration, substance abuse, in vitro fertilization, and more?
Nine Marks of a Prosperity Gospel Church
By D. A. Horton | 9Marks Journal: Prosperity Gospel | 01.15.2014A prosperity gospel church is a purely anti-nine marks church.
Book Review: The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love, by Jonathan Leeman
Review by Tim Chester | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Holding the Body Together | 04.28.2011I was asked to review this book as a “friendly dissenter,” but I have struggled to dissent. So now I am worried. What is it that I am supposed to have objected to?
Theological Critique of Multi-Site: What Exactly Is a “Church”?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 09.30.2010What’s the difference between a church and three Christian friends throwing Frisbee at the local park?
Book Review: Love that Rescues, by Eric Bargerhuff
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality | 08.02.2010This book makes one point: church discipline, in spite of our expectations to the contrary, is all about God’s loving work of rescuing sinners from their sin.
Book Review: Handbook of Church Discipline, by Jay Adams
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 07.18.2010I don’t agree with every jot and tittle, but Adams’ 1974 work remains one of the most even-handed introductions to the topic.
How can a pastor know when his congregation is ready to practice church discipline?
9MarksYou know your congregation is ready to practice church discipline when:
How can a pastor wisely shepherd his church toward the ability to practice church discipline?
9MarksCan church members simply resign their membership in order to avoid church discipline?
9MarksSometimes church members who are in the process of discipline will attempt to resign their membership in order to avoid the church’s disciplinary action. Is this something that churches should allow?
Definitely not. Churches shouldn’t allow members to simply resign their membership in order to avoid discipline because:
