Related commentaries – Church Discipline

Immorality Must Be judged – I Corinthians 5:1 – 5:13

What needs to happen when a leader sins

A man on the staff of a large well known church got sexually involved with his secretary. The church chose not to handle it in public, but rather deal with this privately. The next year, 17 marriages of senior leadership people in that church broke up! Paul is clear that when a leader sins, he/she needs to be publicly rebuked so that others will be warned. (Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).