The Way of the Shepherd: The Biblical Foundation of Church and Church Discipline
Church discipline is an essential, often overlooked, and frequently misunderstood part of healthy congregational life. Ed Stetzer, Josh Laxton, and Auburn Powell Image: Unsplash/Pawan Sharma
Church discipline.
Those two words can bring a multitude of feelings and images to the reader who has had any experience with it. Frequently, people associate church discipline with church hurt, evoking negative emotions of harsh, judgmental treatment which can cause division and church splits. On the other side, believers see discipline as something that Scripture speaks about, yet it is mainly absent from their local congregation in actual practice.