Case 03 · Discipline & Restoration · Session

Long Absence from the Table

A communicant member has quietly stopped attending the Lord's Supper for many months without explanation.

Discussion Questions

1

Which opening course best preserves pastoral immediacy, evidentiary clarity, and the ordinary competence of the session?

2

Assuming the concern persists, which next course best advances the matter without either over-escalating it or dissolving it into mere informal management?

3

Which contemplated resolution most fully preserves the ends of discipline in a case like this?

Scripture Cited

  • Hebrews 10:24-25
  • 1 Corinthians 11:28
  • James 5:19-20

Constitutional Reference

Pastoral Care · Book of Discipline · Membership Oversight

If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone.

Matthew 18:15