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The importance of
church discipline
By Barry Joslin
I grew up in a small Louisiana town that was at
one time known for, among other things, having
more churches per capita than any other in the
country. I grew up in the local First Baptist Church
where my father led worship and mother taught
children’s Sunday School. Like many others, I was
much older before I ever heard the words “church”
and “discipline” brought together. On the rare
occasion when “church discipline” did come up,
it was always tied to a very unsettling situation,
one whose details were shrouded in secrecy.
Southern Seminary Magazine | Fall 2007 page 13