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Can I Return to Leadership after Church Discipline?

March 28, 2024

Church Leadership

Can I Return to Leadership after Church Discipline?

25 min

Church Leadership

Can I Return to Leadership after Church Discipline?

25 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.

Why did the cross become the symbol of Christianity?
Why does the Roman Catholic Church number the 10 commandments differently?*
Where did the “Gentiles” come from?
Am I permanently disqualified from leadership after committing sexual sin?

*What Still Divides Us?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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