How they proceed in a Protestant denomination. ''We will withdraw fellowship'', therefore being dechurched or disfellowshipped, that would be like excommunicated?
This kind of thing was done in the Catholic Church in the past - that is before John XXIII called for the "medicine of mercy" Just look at the Rule of St. Benedict where there are degrees of excommunication to shame the offender to repentance. Of course, there was a limit as well that a repeat offender could reach and not be allowed re-admittance to the community. No "todos,todos, todos"
