Pastor Peter Dietsch Teaches a Series on Church Membership 101 (Session 24) - Vow Number 5. скачать в хорошем качестве

Pastor Peter Dietsch Teaches a Series on Church Membership 101 (Session 24) - Vow Number 5.

Here is a copy of today's hand-out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SuFa... • Three member censures: admonition, suspension from the Lord’s Supper, excommunication. • Officers have parallel censures: suspension from office, deposition. • Excommunication only for persistent refusal to repent. • Suspension from the table is biblical, temporary, and aimed at restoration. • Formal censures require confession or a trial. • Elders may admonish individually or jointly as a session. • Public announcements depend on public vs. private sin and session wisdom. • Church courts (session → presbytery → GA) exist for order, discipline, and doctrinal clarity. • Acts 15 is the biblical model for councils resolving disputes. • Church courts must be obeyed when consonant with Scripture, but they are not infallible. • Courts handle ecclesiastical matters only, not civil affairs. • Three forms of church government: congregational, episcopal, presbyterian. • Presbyterianism: plurality of elders, representative, connectional. • Upcoming topics: