TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mutetei,Philip
TI  - A study on biblical practice of church discipline /by Philip Mutetei
AV  - BV4070 .S783 1995
PY  - 1995///
KW  - Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions
KW  - Ministry Perspective Project
KW  - Africa Inland Church Kenya
KW  - Church discipline
N1  - Typescript; Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Divinity, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, May 1995; "The study will look at the biblical practice of church discipline in general but with a prupose of calling the church [in Kenya] back to this important practice of Christian life"--leaf 5; Introduction; I. Definition of Church Discipline; II. The Necessity of Discipline in the Church; III. The Grounds for and the Issues Confronting the Church in Regard to Discipline; IV. The Proper Procedure for Discipline in the Church; V. Suggested Guidelines for Applying New Testament Church Discipline Principles in a Kenyan Context; Bibliography: leaves 112-117; The Focus of the Study --; Research Problem --; Research Questions --; Delimitation of the Problem --; The Importance of this Study; Background; The Purposes of Discipline in the Church --; Restoration of the Sinning Believer --; The Purification of the Church --; The Deterrent of Sin --; The Testimony to the World --; Motivation for Discipline in the Church --; Qualifications of Those to Carry Out Discipline --; The Goal of Discipline in the Church --; The Effects of Discipline in the Church; The Grounds for Church Discipline --; Categories of the Offenses Requiring Disciplinary Action --; Two Issues Confronting the Church in Regard to Discipline --; Reasons Why the Church Does Not Discipline --; Extremes in Church Discipline; The Objects of Church Discipline --; The Four Procedural Steps to Church Discipline --; The Offended and the Offender Alone --; Witnesses to the Attempted Reconciliation --; The Public Announcement (Tell it to the Church) --; The Public Exclusion (Excommunication); Attitude of the Church --; When to Teach Believers About Church Discipline --; The AIC Constitution and Bylaws --; In the Catechism --; The Bible College --; Acceptance of New Members --; Africa Inland Church Conferences --; Bible Studies --; Youth Camps --; The Pulpit Ministry --; Who Should Practice Church Discipline; 2
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