Calvin’s Struggle for Church Discipline

Calvin's Initial Struggles Over Church Discipline in Geneva From one point of view, Calvin's entire ministry in Geneva can be viewed as his struggle for the recovery of biblical church discipline. It was really with a view to the organization of the church and the establishment of discipline, recognizing his own inabilities in this area, that William Farel first persuaded Calvin to take up his ministry in Geneva. It was August of 1536. Calvin was just twenty-seven years old. The city of...