Excommunication

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The last but reversible step in church discipline, resulting in exclusion from the fellowship of believers. The grounds that Scripture suggests for excommunication include public sin and immorality.

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Jesus Christ authorises the church to excommunicate a sinning brother Mt 18:15–18 Paul exhorts the Corinthian church to excommunicate an immoral brother 1 Co 5:1–6 See also 1 Co 5:11–13 Excommunicated offenders who repent are to be lovingly restored to fellowship 2 Co 2:5–11