Discipline of a Church Member After Resignation

[Church membership] may be severed freely by a member's positive act at any time. But until it is so terminated, the church has authority to prescribe and follow disciplinary ordinances without fear of interference by the state. Within the context of church discipline, churches enjoy an absolute privilege from scrutiny by the secular authority. Hadnot v. Shaw (Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1992) Post-Withdrawal Discipline At times a church consistory is involved in the unpleasant but necessary...