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Your church discipline/polity/handbook?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:51 pm
by steve-in-kville
The rules. Basically whatever your church has or whatever they chose to call it. Maybe its a mutually understood set of standards. Perhaps its a thick printed discipline.
Either way, do you feel its uniformly enforced? Do you feel there is favoritism? Maybe some things enforced harder than others? Vote and discuss.
Re: Your church discipline/polity/handbook?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:18 pm
by Ken
I've only attended MC, MCUSA and CMC churches. I was never aware of any handbook of rules at any church I have ever attended.
Re: Your church discipline/polity/handbook?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:01 pm
by Ernie
Our write up is called a "statement of practice". It is intended to describe our practice in a general way so that anyone coming in knows what we are shooting for. Once anybody new is finished reading our statement of practice, they have a pretty good idea of whether this is something they want to shoot for, or whether it is something they want to get far away from. I like it this way. Nobody "commits to keeping the standard". We do commit ourselves to submitting to the church.
We also have a Statement of Faith and a Vision Statement.
https://followersofjesus.org/about-us/
Re: Your church discipline/polity/handbook?
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:52 am
by steve-in-kville
To those that voted "no rules," are there mutually understood guidelines? I'm curious how that works...
