{"id":403,"date":"2013-06-11T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=403"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:46:44","slug":"church-discipline-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-discipline-purpose.htm","title":{"rendered":"Church Discipline Because of Church Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 60px; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-top: 9px; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>To get the greatest benefit from this practicum, make sure you have read related training on the site. Go to:\u00a0<\/em><strong><a title=\"God's Purpose for the Church\" href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/church-purpose.htm\">Church Leadership Basics: God&#8217;s Purpose for the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/477311260477044872\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/church-purpose.jpg\" alt=\"Does Church Discipline Reflect Our Greatest Purpose to Love?\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Click to enlarge in Pinterest &amp; repin.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our church purpose dictates why we discipline, how we discipline, and the ultimate objective of disciplining.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it:<\/p>\n<p>If our greatest purpose is to love God and others (Matt. 22:37-40), then we discipline in order to show love for God and people.<\/p>\n<h2>Recap of church discipline in light of our church purpose:<\/h2>\n<div>Our church purpose provides the <em>reason\u00a0<\/em>we discipline:<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;\"><em>because we love God and people and therefore want their best<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Our church purpose lets us know the <em>means<\/em>\u00a0of disciplining:<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;\"><em>in love<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Our church purpose gives us the <em>objective<\/em> for church discipline:<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 16px;\"><em>to restore people to a place of wholeness, to help them reach their potential in Christ<\/em><\/div>\n<h2>Guiding questions in disciplining church members:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">What will bring the most glory and honor to God? <em>&#8230; not what will demonstrate only one side of God&#8217;s character, but His whole character (grace AND truth)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">What will truly be best for the erring believer?<em> &#8230; not what will make them, or us, feel good but what will help them become more Christ-like and holy<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">What will be the effects on the unbelieving world looking in? <em>&#8230; not what it will make us look like but what will most reflect God to them<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These questions are asked in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-gods-purposes-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Steering the Church Toward God&#8217;s Purposes Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> which also takes a look at how God demonstrates love toward people living in sin.<\/p>\n<p>For More, Go To:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-purpose-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Purpose Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>All Posts about Church Discipline:<\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-discipline-purpose.htm\">Church Discipline Because of Church Purpose<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-discipline-fears.htm\">Lack of Church Discipline Against God&#8217;s Purposes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-discipline-in-love.htm\">Church Discipline Must Exemplify God&#8217;s Purposes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/body-church-discipline.htm\">Involvement of Body in Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/prevent-church-discipline.htm\">Body Life Can Prevent Need for Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/discipleship-discipline.htm\">Discipleship and Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/discipleship-not-discipline.htm\">Discipleship Not Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/holiness-objective.htm\">Holiness the Objective for Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/lack-of-holiness-affects-whole.htm\">Lack of Holiness Affects the Whole Body<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/holiness-church-discipline.htm\">Holiness Dictates HOW We Exercise Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/discipline-power.htm\">Authority &#038; Power Needed in Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/spirit-church-discipline.htm\">Pivotal Role of Holy Spirit in Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/discipline-didnt-change.htm\">Church Discipline But They Didn&#8217;t Change<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/standard-for-conduct.htm\">The Standard for Conduct<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/grace-in-church-discipline.htm\">The Power of Grace in Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/if-his-name-is-holy.htm\">If His Name is Holy Then &#8230;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/prayer-is-essential-preventative-process.htm\">Prayer is Essential as a Preventative and When in Process<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/spiritual-gifts-when-christians-need-correction.htm\">When Christians Need Correction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/gods-word-brings-correction.htm\">God&#8217;s Word Brings Correction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/discipline-not-about-giving-up-on-people.htm\">It&#8217;s Not About Giving Up on People<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-discipline-stewardship.htm\">Church Discipline is a Matter of Stewardship<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/leader-qualities-church-discipline.htm\">Leader Qualities in Church Discipline<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our church purpose dictates why we discipline, how we discipline, and the ultimate objective of disciplining. 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