How does church discipline apply in cases of domestic abuse?
Many victims of abuse are being disciplined/excommunicated by their churches for separating from the abuser or divorcing the abuser. So we’re putting this page from the Wartburg Watch first on this list: How to resign from a church whether or not you are under church discipline
Our False Notions about Church Discipline Enable the Abuser’s Secrecy
How Abusers Use (Mis-use) Matthew 18 to Escape Church Discipline
Does 1 Corinthians 5:11 apply only if there is common knowledge of the person’s sin? (Part 1) Part 2
An Abuser is Called a “Reviler” in Scripture, And the Reviler is no Christian
Are all sins equally bad? Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
Church Discipline and Church Permission for Divorce — How my Mind has Changed
Pastoral Care Has its Limits and Must Allow for the Priesthood of the Believer
The Spiritual and Christlike Discipline of Rejecting Wicked People
Church Non-Membership is no Excuse for Not Disciplining an Abuser
The Apostle John Provides us a Model of How to Address an Abuser in Church
A True Church Steps Away from Korah (the abuser), No Matter Who He is!
How the church misapplies discipline onto the victim:
God’s Rules of Evidence are Often Misapplied, to the Harm of Abuse Victims
When the Wheels of Church Justice Move Like a Snail, it is a Sign of Injustice
When Matthew 18 Breaks Down — by Persistent Widow, one of our readers
Church Leaders Charge Victims with Sin for Leaving the Abuser
One of the Worst Letters We Have Seen From a Pastor to an Abuse Victim
What does Scripture Really Say? — ACFJ Resource page
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