Ep. 195: Dealing with the Dones

Are there members who simply won’t return post-COVID to in-person worship? How can pastors lovingly and biblically pursue them? What if they won’t return, if and when should a church pursue discipline? Is there a category where you remove a member without disciplining them?

Brian and Jim discuss these questions and more on this episode of Trenchtalk.

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(01:21) Defining the dones

(05:31) Biblical foundation of the importance of gathering on the Lord’s Day

(09:49) The complexity of living in a technological world

(11:10) Implications of the dones in day-to-day ministry

(17:54) What about those who genuinely must rely on the online service

(19:32) Practical ways to pursue the dones

(24:32) If/When they don’t come back

(32:19) Removing a member carefully in a non-disciplinary way

(40:24) Final word and prayer