Erasure of Baptized Members (1)

Introduction Articles 76 and 77 of the Church Order concern the discipline of those who are communicant members of the church. These articles outline the steps that a consistory is to follow in carrying out Christian discipline, as well as the procedure for excommunication of those who do not repent of their sins. The Church Order, however, is silent on the matter of the discipline of non-communicant, that is, baptized members of the church. Nothing is said about the subject of "erasure,"* as...