Has your church excommunicated someone?

ex•com•mu•ni•cate \'ek-ske-"myu-ne-'kat\ vb : to cut off officially from the rites of the church — ex•com•mu•ni•ca•tion \-'myu-ne-"ka-shen\ n
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Sorry Mima,

If I compromise and water down the truth---can I stay?:smilewinkgrin:

Bro Tony

 

ours may kick a guy out becuase he claims to be able to prophesy but act really weird and he said himself he's been kicked out of several other curches before him....well if he continues to ask the Pastor to adopt him as his Father....

 

Should have...yes.
Has done it...no.

 

As I understand RC theology, there is no salvation outside the RC church. (I think Vatican II may have modified that stance. RCs will know better than I about that).

By excommunicating a member, they are cutting the person off from access to salvation through the sacraments.

That's why they are called sacraments, because RCs hold that they have saving efficacy.

Baptist congregations, when they exclude,withdraw fellowship, "church," or remove a member from the roll, are not technically passing judgment on their salvation. But such action is designed to be redemptive--to bring them face to face with their sin, urge repentance, and return to the fellowship of the church they have deserted, or flagrantly offended.

 

Baptist congregations do not pass judgment on salvation, period. You are right, the purpose of disfellowshipping is to bring the member face-to-face with their sin, hoping that they will return to full fellowship. At a previous church, years ago, our brand new pastor wanted to remove a member from the membership rolls (I won't mention the offense). The Deacons declined to let him do that. It never came to a vote of the church.