The Church as God’s Missional People: Regenerate Membership and Church Discipline Lived Out in Those Justified by His Grace

This paper, co-authored by Dr. Akin and Dr. Bruce Ashford, was delivered by Dr. Akin at the Evangelical Theological Society’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

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Also, look for this paper to appear in the forthcoming book Those Who Must Give an Account: A Study of Church Membership and Church Discipline, edited by John Hammett and Benjamin Merkle ( B&H, 2011).