The Bible Never Says To Kick Somebody Out Of Church

1st Corinthians 5:1-5, “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”

Kindly said, nowhere does this passage of Scripture teach to kick somebody out of a church for sinning. The Bible says to turn them over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, not throw them under the bus and ostricize them. 1st Corinthians 5:11, “But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.” This verse teaches that if someone claims to be a Christian, but they are choosing to harbor open sin in their life, we ought not to closely fellowship with them.

But, read what God's inspired Word commands in Galatians 6:1, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” This is very different than the proud, holier than thou, sanctimonious evil attitude of many hypocritical religious people today in Bible colleges and churches.

Beware of Pensacola Christian College

As of August 2, 2022 I have been banned in writing from attending Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College (PCC). I had been mistreated by their senior pastor Jeff Redlin in 2021, so I left the church and criticized him on social media. 

But I felt sad and lonely, so in the summer of 2022 I apologized to the pastors of Campus Church, and also to PCC leadership. Although PCC is considered one family, legally PCC and Campus Church operate independently from each other. But PCC is responsible for the decisions that their pastors make, since it is all th same place. PCC and their ungodly pastors have kicled me out of their church, refusing to allow me to attend, which is immoral and evil. I pray for God to hold PCC's wicked leadership accountable for their hatred and lack of mercy.

I now fully see why former female student, Samantha Field (who was sexually attacked at PCC) is angry at the college. According to Samantha, a PCC staff member told her to repent and be quiet about the crime, when she reported being assaulted by a male student who allegedly assulted her on campus. PCC sickens a lot of concerned people, including myself. God knows that I love the folks at Campus Church and PCC, including there pastors. But they are wicked to prohibit me from attending their Campus Church, when I live just several minutes away.

Pensacola is my home and I should be welcomed with God's love into any real church. Clearly, Campus Church is nothing more than a glorified religious chapel for their students, fraudulent pretending to be a New Testament church. SHAME on PCC!!! People just want to be loved. I kindly offered to remove all my criticisms from social media, if their hateful pastors would simply humble themselves in Christian love to allow me to come back to church. They refused. So, what does that say about them as men? It says they are religious heathens!

1st Timothy 5:20, “Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.” Nowhere does this Scripture passage teach to kick somebody out of church or to ban them from returning. This verse says that a pastor should rebuke open sin in a church, that other church members may fear. But the Bible never said to kick anybody out the door. Wicked and hateful churchgoers added that junk!

People need to be loved. I need to be loved. PCC hates certain people, evidenced by their shameful actions. That is NOT God's redeeming love! Pastor Jack Hyles was so right, the true test of your character as a Christian is not if you love Jesus, it is whether you love Judas. Dr. Hyles also wisely said you either love everybody or you don't love anybody.

I wish more Christians loved nobodies like Pastor Hyles did. He wasn't perfect, which Brother Hyles often admitted, but he did love everybody, evidenced by the way that he treated others. Despite his human flaws, Brother Hyles followed The Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12) better than any Christian I ever knew. PCC couldn't care less, they just don't give a damn about individual people. PCC has deteriorated into a cold-hearted cult system, a religious machine, where the system always comes first but individual people do not matter. I have heard that same complaint from countless of their disgruntled alumni. Many former students feel like they wasted their time and money attending such a shallow religious institution.

Everybody Should Be Welcomed At A Local Church

Obviously, no one has a right to disrupt a church service, harass others or cause trouble. Such people should be asked to leave, or removed if they refuse. But someone who has apologized sincerely and wants to return to church ought to be welcomed back with love and open arms. This Satanic practice of kicking people out of a church, and then permanently banning them from returning is pure evil. The Bible says that the only begotten Son of God Himself, Jesus, never turned anyboidy away who came unto Him. John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” Only a religious cult selectively cares about people, which is what PCC has become, a private cult.

We are living in apostate times, where religious organizations only care about making money to support their careers. That is all PCC is doing today, making tens of millions of dollars. The way that we treat others matters. It really does!

Another commonly abused passage of Scripture is found in Matthew 18:16-17, Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.” This passage is often cited to kick people out of a church, but if you honestly examine this passage, there is nothing said about kicking somebody out of a church.

This passage means that if you think somebody has done you wrong in a church, you should go get two or more people to be witnesses. They are NOT witnesses to the wrongdoing; but rather, witnesses to the confrontation between you and the person who has allegedly wronged you. If that person refuses to cooperate, then the matter should be taken before the entire church. If that person is defiant and still refuses to cooperate, nowhere does this passage teach to throw them out of the church.

The Bible says to treat them like you would any other heathen (unsaved) person. We are nice and friendly toward heathens, but we won't be inviting them over for dinner or closely associating with them. I firmly do not believe it is ever proper to kick someone out of a church. How can we help sinners if we won't allow them to attend church to hear the Bible preached? You don't have to like somebody, but you do biblically have to love them. Sadly, there is way too much grudge holding, hatred and childish bickering in the churches. This is nothing new, it existed in Bible times too (Galatians 5:15).

I cannot find one passage of Scripture that teaches to kick a person out of a local church. Even if they've been voted out of a church, they should still be invited and welcomed to attend.The Baptist church that I have been now attending for three years is my church. They are my surrogate family in the Lord, since I don't have any biological family members living in Pensacola. But I have never official joined the church. That is, I haven't been voted in. I am a member of God's heavenly family, since I was born again at age 13. So, I consider myself a member of the local church that I attend, even though I have never been voted into any church my entire life. It's just not something that I am used to or have ever done. If they keep asking me, Lord willing, if they will still have me, I might join one day.

But even if a church members sins and is voted out, that sinner should be welcomed to still attend the church. When I attended the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, they had just voted a man out of the church for divorcing his wife, and told him never to come back. How does that help anyone? That is hatred folks, not God's love. People just want to be loved.

No one should ever be kicked out of a church, or told that they are prohibited from attending a local church. The only exception is if they are deliberately disrupting the service to cause trouble. In that case, they should be asked to leave until they learn to behave in church, but that should clearly be explained to them. I have seen umpteen people mistreated by their pastor, who left the church upset, and the pastor didn't make any attempt to invite them back. That is NOT the Lord's way.

I have even heard Baptist Pastors teach that we should go invite people back to church who have left, but those same pastors wickedly didn't follow their own preaching. I am thinking of a local Baptist pastor right now, who upset numerous people and they quit the church, but he is too proud and stubborn to go invite them back to church. Sadly, that immature pastor couldn't care less about those hurting people. I know because I am one of those hurting people.

The shameful pastor of Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola, Bill Adams, won't have anything to do with me. He looked off at the wall when I went over to shake his hand. So, I emailed him about what he did and he apologized. One week later his belligwrent wife came over to shake my hand in church, and she looked off hard right at the wall. So, I emailed him again about the matter, asking him if I am welcome in his church. He never wrote back. So, I emailed again, and sent a copy to his secretary, but he never replied. That is a very bad pastor!

The churches today are pathetic! I honestly think a trained chimpanzee would be a better pastor, than the incompetent fools standing behind most church pulpits today. The Bible never teaches to throw people away, kick them out of church, throw them under the bus, hate and shun them away, but this is exactly the shameful type of immature and hurtful behavior that exists in many so-called “churches” today. Thank you for reading my blog.