Members, in regard to this subject, should keep the following points in mind:
Realize Church disciplinary action is a restriction on a person's membership as an act of love to assist the individual in the repentance process. Excommunication or disfellowshipment is a temporary state of being, not a destination. All the good things that an individual has done throughout his/her life are not erased by the transgression.
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