Toolbox to Skillfully Shepherd Your Church Members

This is not only for pastor-elders, but for all church members who must love their fellow members as Christ loved us.

This toolbox by Andy Davis is very helpful (Those Who Must Give an Account:A Study of Church Membership and Discipline, ed. by John S. Hammett & Benjamin L. Merkle [Broadman and Holman: 2012], p. 172).

Toolbox for Skillful Shepherding

Member Condition	Spiritual Danger	Proper Response	Scriptural Support
Living fruitfully	Failing to Continue	Encourage; Praise	1 Thess 4:1; Phil 2:29
Lacking information	Doctrinal Ignorance	Teach; Instruct	1 Cor 12:1; 1 Thess 4:13; Acts 18:26
Needing to get moving	Laziness; Neglect	Exhort; Spur On; Urge	Heb 5:11-12; 6:12; 10:24; 2 Cor 9:4-5
Suffering Trial	Discouragement	Comfort; Console	2 Cor 1:4; 7:6
Starting to Go Astray	New Sin Pattern	Warn; Correct; Admonish	Titus 3:10; 1 Cor 4:14; Luke 9:54-55; Matt 16:23
Determined to Wander	Habitual Sin	Rebuke	Rev 3:18-19; Titus 1:12-13; Gal 2:11
Stubborn Unrepentance	Apostasy	Excommunicate	Matt 18:17; 1 Cor 5:5