Church Discipline: What Think Ye?

I just came across an article on Fox News that deals with a church performing discipline on a sinning member. Just curious what you all think of the article?

Some things to consider:
(1). The story is one-side. The church chose not to air the "dirty laundry" with Fox News.
(2). The journalist may perhaps be Biblically illiterate and uninformed of the necessity of church discipline in relation to the gospel.
(3). The lady doesn't appear to be too ashamed of her sin seeing that she spilled the beans to Fox News.


Florida Woman Says Former Church Plans to Make Her Sins Public

Some questions for possible discussion:
(1). How do we deal with this issue?: there are too many hypocrites in the church....and...church discipline is mean-spirited, unloving and unecessary.

(2). How do we deal with privacy, confidence and trust issues while still acknowledging that at some point church discipline does go public on a certain level?

(3). How do we prepare potential or new church members with the idea/practice of church discpline so that they are not surprised if it ever happens to them?

(4). Does your church practice this? If so, what are some things you have learned that may help other churches?

(5). Why is church discipline a must for churches that are committed to the glory of God in the gospel of Christ Jesus?


This isn't meant to be a bashing of the lady in the aforementioned article. I just thought we could talk through an issue and stimulate some conversation at Christmas-time. So what think ye?