Creating a Secure CHURCH
PART 4 : When Things Go Wrong
Chapter 13 : Secure in Correction – Theory
13.8 And So?
To conclude this first of these two chapters about Correction, let’s check our own heart attitudes towards the subject:
What is my feeling about the NEED for correction in the church?
• Do I come from a background of little accountability and see little need for correction of people?
• Do I come from a background of great personal accountability and see a strong need to correct people?
• Do I see a need for correction but also a need to teach personal responsibility?
What is my understanding over the complexity of personal failure?
• Can I honestly say I have a good understanding of the types of failure and the consequences of each of those types? (If no, reread the chapter and then think some more about it)
What has been my personal experience of correction as a receiver of it?
- None
- Painful
- Rewarding
How, in the light of this chapter, could our church become a more secure place where correction is brought but in such a way as to build up and restore people, and not drive them away?
In the following chapter we will consider some of the ways we can practically apply these things and consider the full range of ways that we can correct or bring help.
