NCIBC Discipline and Correction Test

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This is the test for the Personal Leadership class of North Central Indiana Bible College.

College credit is not given until payment is made.

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The questions are in a different order each time you take this test. So the spot for Name and Email Address will be mixed within the test.

You may use your notes and the Bible from the class for this test. But please use integrity to not use the internet or other means to take this test. Remember that God is watching.

Email *

Have you listened to the assigned podcasts? *

30 points

Yes, I have fully completed listening to the assigned podcasts

No, I have not fully completed listening to the assigned podcasts

What is the purpose for excommunication in church discipline?
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4 points

To shame and ostracize the offender

To protect the church from further harm

To permanently cut off the offender from God’s grace

To provide an opportunity for repentance and restoration

Name: (First and Last) *

Which of the following is NOT a biblical reason for church discipline?
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4 points

Sexual immorality

False teaching

Gossip and slander

Differences in political views

True or False. The ultimate goal of church discipline is to excommunicate or kick out the offender from the church.
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4 points

True

False

Which of the following is NOT a biblical basis for church discipline?
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4 points

To restore a brother or sister who is caught in sin

To maintain the purity and witness of the church

To punish and shame wrongdoers

To prevent the spread of sin in the church

Which of the following is NOT a principle of church discipline?
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4 points

It should be done in humility, love, and gentleness

It should be done with the aim of restoration and reconciliation

It should involve the whole church community, not just the leaders

It should be done publicly, to shame and humiliate the wrongdoer?

True or False; Church discipline is only necessary for major sins that are publicly known.
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4 points

True

False

Which of the following is a step in the process of church discipline?
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4 points

Publicly shaming the wrongdoer in front of the congregation

Ignoring the sin and hoping it will go away on its own

Confronting the wrongdoer in private

Punishing the wrongdoer with excommunication immediately

Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of church discipline as described in Matthew 18:15-17?
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4 points

Going to the offender alone

Taking one or two witnesses

Telling the entire church

Treating the offender as a Gentile and a tax collector if they refuse to listen

It is important that we get the “log” out of our own eye before we speak into someone else’s life. In order to do this we must give others permission to speak into our life to help us identify “logs’ both in attitude and actions. Choose someone you respect and give them permission to share attitudes or actions that you may not see. *

14 points

Yes, I will ask someone to speak into my life

No, I will not ask someone to speak into my life

True or False. Church leaders should be held to a higher standard of accountability and may be subject to church discipline if they sin.
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4 points

True

False

According to the New Testament, who should be subject to church discipline?
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4 points

Only non-Christians

Only pastors and church leaders

All Christians who persist in unrepentant sin

None of the above

Which of the following is not a step in the process of church discipline?
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4 points

Private confrontation

Public shaming

Group intervention

Excommunication

What is the final step of church discipline, according to Matthew 18:17?
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4 points

The person is excommunicated from the church

The person is publicly rebuked and shamed

The person is forgiven and restored to full fellowship

None of the above

What is the primary purpose of church discipline? *

4 points

To punish wrongdoers and maintain order in the church

To protect the reputation of the church

To restore sinning believers and preserve the purity of the church

To prevent sinners from attending church services

What is the role of the church community in church discipline?
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4 points

To judge and condemn the offender

To pray for and support the offender

To remain neutral and uninvolved

To offer forgiveness without consequences

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