Restoring The Fallen: A Team Approach To Caring, Confronting Reconciling

When brothers and sisters in Christ fall into sin, how should the church respond? Very often, Christians stumble in their attempt to address this issue. Either they ignore the wrongdoing or they banish the wrongdoer. The authors of this groundbreaking book advocate another approach: the spiritual care team. A spiritual care team is a small group of mature Christians who voluntarily commit themselves to support and guide another through the process of repentance and restoration. This community-based and community-oriented approach emphasizes the importance of acknowledging sin, making repentance complete, and reestablishing personal spiritual discipline. Restoring the Fallen offers practical guidance on how to form a spiritual care team, support the spouse and family of the one working through restoration, involve professional helpers and the whole church body, and how to provide ongoing care after the main work of the spiritual care team is complete. It is an essential book for pastors, counselors, and church leaders.