Christian discipline is exercised exclusively by spiritual means,
which are:
1. Admonition: Tenderly and solemnly confronting
the offender with his sin, warning him of his danger and
exhorting him to repentance and to greater fidelity to the Lord
Jesus Christ.
2. Rebuke: A form of censure more severe than
admonition, which consists in setting forth the serious character
of the offence, reproving the offender, and exhorting him to
repentance and to more perfect fidelity to Christ.
3. Suspension: Depriving of the privileges of
membership in the church, or office, or of both, either for a
definite or an indefinite time.
Suspension of an officer-bearer from the privileges of membership
shall always be accompanied by suspension from office, but the
latter does not necessarily involve the former.
4. Deposition: Depriving an office-bearer of his
office.
5. Excommunication: A solemn declaration by a
church assembly that it no longer regards the offender as a
member of the Body of Christ.