Should the Local Church Exercise Church Discipline upon Pastors and Elders?

practice sinning...........that is a new term, can you explain?

I take it you mean something separate from when a Christian sins?

 

Of course they should.
We fired a preacher a few years back for telling lies to the deacon board.

 

I think there are very few Churches today. Most are Sunday social clubs where the the members hang out under the steeple a couple times a week.

 

I don't know how you defrock a SBC pastor that you neither licensed nor ordained. He was fired. Whenever we were contacted by prospective churches for recommendations, they were told the truth.

 

He was licensed and ordained long before we hired him.

 

Probably the way it should be done, but SBC does not do it that way.

 

Of course.

1 Timothy 5:19-22 19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses. 20 Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning. 21 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality. 22 Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.

 

I don't get what you mean by demeaning "Roman Catholic 'ordination'" and then making a point 'learned men' questioned you and recommended that your congregation license you, and that to become Senior Pastor the committee questioned you about prior ordination at "other churches of like faith and order." It seems as if you're arguing 2 positions-- that licensing/ordination is a local congregational priority, while also it is a 'denominational' or ecclesiastical authority function.

Which is it? If it a congregational thing, then why have 'learned men' not in that congregation question you? And if ordination as Senior Pastor is also a congregational thing, why should they ask other churches about your prior ordinations?

 

In my experience, ordination councils have included "learned men", some from outside the local church. Once the council is concluded, the non-members become spectators and it's then the responsibility of the local church to ordain (or not ordain, though I've not witnessed that yet.) Generally the council takes place on one day and ordination on a subsequent day.