(Ed. note: Ken Sande says publicly disciplining sinful and wanton church members is good for the church, and it’s good for the one disciplined. Then why do so few church practice discipline today?) ...

The Chapel Library: (Discipline is training that corrects, molds, or perfects; a system of rules governing conduct.) The decline of Church Discipline is perhaps the most visible failure of the ...

(RNS) When Karen Hinkley decided to have her marriage annulled, she had no idea it would lead to a public shaming from one of the largest megachurches in America. After learning her husband was ...

Some conservative Christians are promoting a more aggressive approach to church discipline. But others say this approach does more damage than good. When Karen Hinkley decided to have her marriage ...

I want to treat others the way I’d want to be treated when needing reproof. Debbie was a young woman in our congregation who had a knack for touching lives. One day she told me something that was ...

Update, May 9, 2016: Monday morning, another 111 United Methodist Church clergy and candidates for ordination published an open letter identifying themselves as LGBTQI, an unprecedented act that could ...