Church Discipline

Systematic Theology - Lesson 105 - The Doctrine of the Church: Church Discipline - Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Timothy 6:3-5. The practice of church discipline ought to be motivated by a positive, loving desire both to preserve the purity of the church and to restore sinning brothers and sisters to fellowship. True unity can only be found in unity around truth as revealed in the Word of God. True unity then must be grounded in sound doctrine. At the local church level this commitment to purity and unity is primarily evidenced through the faithful preaching of the Word of God, where sin is address and confronted, and through the practice of church discipline.