Based on Matthew 7:7-6, Matthew 18:15-17, Galatians 6:1-4, 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15, and other like biblical texts Oak Park Baptist Church practices church discipline. The goal of church discipline is three-fold: to be formative, corrective, and restorative. We desire to form a godly understanding of life, provide correction where necessary, and restore straying members back into a healthy relationship with other members and Christ. Church discipline also serves as a warning to others in the body that they might see sin taken seriously and avoid committing it themselves (1 Timothy 5:20). While we will not come knocking our membership’s door each time a person sins, we are committed to the holiness and unity of the church. Thus, members found in unrepentant sin will be lovingly pursued following the process Jesus outlines in Matthew 18.