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To: metmom
Can you name me any Baptists that have been excommunicated? In the last two Evangelical churches I've attended, I know of members who were removed from the membership rolls- one because of adultery, one because of unethical business practices which the church confronted him about and he did not stop, and one pastor who was removed from the ministry and had his license revoked for garden variety adultery. Nothing like molesting little boys stuff.....

Very good, but what does that mean? Are they unable to attend other Evangelical churches and receive whatever sacraments they have? What does this pastor do after this point - does he get to go elsewhere?

I find it hypocritical to the extreme that criticism is lobbed at non-Catholcis for how they deal with sin in the congregation considering the inaction on the part of the Catholic church in their OWN house. When priests who homosexually abuse little boys are not dealt with and liberals like Pelosi, Kennedy, etc who basically spit in the face of the church are not only given license to continue their liberal politics, but are permitted to take communion and given Catholic funerals, no Catholic is in any position to legitimately criticize any other denomination for how they handle sin among their members.

What does your particular group do about child molesters? And what does that mean to their practice of worship - assuming that they have any.

87 posted on 05/18/2012 7:50:46 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr
What does your particular group do about child molesters? And what does that mean to their practice of worship - assuming that they have any.

I am not Metmom, but I know of a solid local Baptist congregation who had an elder who was found to be a child molester. They Matthew 18 and confronted him. They prayed with him. He did repent, but he is no longer an elder and they immediately reported him to the authorities and obviously is never again allowed to be alone with children. This is standard proceedure in biblical churches, and has always been. What is the history of your church on child molesters?

97 posted on 05/19/2012 5:35:35 AM PDT by lupie
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Likely turn them in to the police in addition to revoking their membership.


99 posted on 05/19/2012 5:42:12 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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