Why is church discipline necessary?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Church discipline is sometimes necessary in the repentance process (Alma 42:16). Mormon wrote, ‘It became expedient that those who committed sin … should be admonished by the church’ (Mosiah 26:6). ‘The gospel is to save men, not to condemn them,’ President Harold B. Lee taught, ‘but to save, it is sometimes necessary to confront and to discipline as the Lord has directed’ ([Teachings of Harold B. Lee,] 118)” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 204–5).

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