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Jehovah's Witnesses employ various levels of congregational discipline as formal controls administered by congregation elders. Members who engage in conduct that is considered inappropriate may be counseled privately by elders, and congregational responsibilities may be withheld or restricted.
(Session 19- Basel) Anyone who vexes or makes an issue out of property that a convert unjustly held but had given to the church, and which the church then put to pious use. (Session 2 -Ferrara) All who directly or indirectly attempt to molest people attending the Council receive an automatic excommunication reserved to the Holy See.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) practices excommunication as a penalty for those who commit serious sins, i.e., actions that significantly impair the name or moral influence of the church or pose a threat to other people. In 2020, the church ceased using the term "excommunication" and instead refers to "withdrawal ...
The church has not given any details of the relationship or identified the woman involved. It announced on Thursday that its elders were “informed by Steve Lawson of an inappropriate ...
In a statement at the time, Crenshaw said he viewed inappropriate images on his church computer at New River Fellowship. According to a statement issued by New River Fellowship’s elders, ...
Dallas pastor removed for ‘inappropriate’ conduct as replacement’s ties to disgraced Gateway church are revealed
Robert Morris, founding pastor of the megachurch Gateway, delivers a sermon at the church in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2018. (Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times / Redux Pictures)
Staub Memorial Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon joined in 1958. Over a quarter million members of Congregational Christian Churches opposed or abstained from the vote to form the UCC. [ 23 ] Despite the scale of concern, the conference started very small, having only sixteen churches in 1959. [ 8 ]