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Originally Posted by warrior
i think the very same discipline could happen with the pastor and not five people. Food for thought: None of us are perfect, but we are pressing toward the mark. You don't know what people's situations are, and why they do the things they do. It is not everyone's business to state what could be happening to one individual instead of a board of five people.
Sorry, but I feel this is a control mechanism and potential for a very nasty situation.
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There is much less room for dictatorship with the Biblical institution of elders. Many churches that have just one 'head guy' have much more of a problem with this. In scripture there is always a plurality of elders.
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