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Excommunication never ever occurs according to a set time schedule. It all depends on the facts of the case. And as long as there is communication, there is hope. Don't believe any God-fearing consistory would be hasty there
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I suppose in any confessional church it can't come on a time table; if for no other reason that the appeals process can take years. I was informed (a PCA church) once by the pastor that he and the single Elder had decided to ban me from the Lord's Table for a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with telling him he had to stop ordaining Arminians and Baptists as Deacons. I looked into the Book of Church Order, and the two Elders made so many mistakes in the process that they had to drop the case. It was a really interesting episode, where the pastor told the congregation that I needed to be avoided and was demon possessed. He even mentioned that there was a pending church trial against me, and said that they weren't going to allow witnesses, and it was a virtual certainty that I would be found guilty.
The BCO gives HUGE numbers of rights and protections, including the right to call witnesses, a fair trial where guilt wasn't presumed, etc... and someone must have told the guys what dummies the two had been, and when I went to the first meeting of the Court I threatened to contact the Presbytery and they dropped the case immediately.
That's one of the biggest differences between us and local nondemoninational churches. The leadership can't act like pompous dictators.