Excommunication Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Anabaptist tradition=== ====Amish==== [[Amish]] communities practice variations of excommunication known as "shunning". This practice may include isolation from community events or the cessation of all communication.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amish tradition of shunning is key to Ohio hair-cutting trial |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna49050710 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=NBC News |date=16 September 2012 |language=en}}</ref> ====Mennonites==== [[Mennonite]] communities use the "ban", separation and correction on baptized members that fall into sin. Separated members must be avoided or "shunned" until they repent and reform. Shunning must be done in the spirit of moderation and christian charity; the aim is not to destroy but to reform the person.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.reformedmennonite.org/files/pubs/pamphlets/History_Reformed_Mennonite_Church.pdf | title = A History of the Reformed Mennonite Church | last=Eshleman | first=Wilmer J. | page = 7 | date = 1969 | website = Internet Archive | access-date = 29 March 2024 }}</ref> ====Hutterites==== [[Hutterites|Hutterite]] communities use a form of excommunication called "the ban" on baptized members that fall into sin repeatedly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Beliefs |url=https://hutterites.org/our-beliefs/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Hutterites |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page