• We don’t expect unbelievers to act like believers until they are believers. And, we don’t expect baby believers to act like mature believers until they are.  Even then, we recognize that mature believers don’t always do the right things or refrain from doing the wrong things.  So, while we will not embrace, endorse, or ‘wink’ at sin in any way, we will graciously welcome fellow sinners and strugglers while we gently engage and encourage, patiently and biblically instruct, lovingly confront and correct, repeatedly forgive even as we have been forgiven, and appropriately discipline believers at every age and stage along the way.