Can I Return to Leadership after Church Discipline?

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Can I Return to Leadership after Church Discipline?

26 min

Watch On

Leadership

Can I Return to Leadership after Church Discipline?

26 min

"Has there been healing and reconciliation with the previous church? Was there genuine repentance and confession and working through those things in that context? And was there a period of healing? […] when you have that [returning to ministry] can be something that's good and honoring to the Lord, but that does take time."
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

  1. Why did the cross become the symbol of Christianity?
  2. Why does the Roman Catholic Church number the 10 commandments differently?*
  3. Where did the "Gentiles" come from?
  4. Am I permanently disqualified from leadership after committing sexual sin?

*What Still Divides Us?

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Adriel Sanchez is pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church, a congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, he also serves the broader church as a host on the Core Christianity radio program, a live, daily call-in talk show where he answers listeners' questions about the Bible and the Christian faith. He and his wife Ysabel live in San Diego with their five children.

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