A member has taken a private offense to a public thread, and church peace is beginning to fray.
Discussion Questions
1
Which opening course best preserves pastoral immediacy, evidentiary clarity, and the ordinary competence of the session?
2
Assuming the concern persists, which next course best advances the matter without either over-escalating it or dissolving it into mere informal management?
3
Which contemplated resolution most fully preserves the ends of discipline in a case like this?
“If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone.”
Matthew 18:15