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What Keeps Us From Practicing Corrective Discipline?
Anatomy of Neglect
 Hassle - Many pastors and lay leaders are unwilling to
spend the time and expend the energy that it takes to administer church discipline
correctly.
Declining Numbers - Many pastors and lay leaders are
afraid that if they administer church discipline, then people will leave the
church, the money will dry up, and the church will have to close her doors.
Incompetence - Many pastors and lay leaders are simply
uninformed and uneducated regarding why church discipline is biblical and
necessary, and how it should be administered for God's glory and our purity
in Christ.
Insufficient Infrastructure - Many pastors are in small
churches where they themselves are the only leaders. Trying to administer
church discipline in this situation is probably unwise because the pastor
is alone in his plight without the support of trusted leaders or elders to
back him up by diffusing criticism and answering objections.
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