It can draw fresh vision form the Bible, Jesus, the early church, and the growing worldwide movement of house churches and base Christian communities. This book is an attempt to work toward an understanding of church discipline consistent with the gospel. The author shows how the ministry of restoring the erring is inseparably related to and continuous with evangelism and missions. Peacemaking in the church is never passive. It is a powerful movement to produce holy character and destroy spiritual darkness, which hurts everyone in the congregation.
Many leaders seek a formula for handling conflict.
Peters is more concerned with the spiritual health of peacemakers in tense and chaotic situations. The need to be spiritually fit to join the peace that God is already graciously working out. This work gives a stimulating overview of the history, theology, and practice of the Lord's Supper in denominations that share the common heritage of believers baptism. The 10 Commandments have had a great ordering effect upon society. Many persons claim to be moral because they literally observe these prohibitions.