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If you're an elder in a Christian church and you discover that one of your flock is living in sin, how could you convince him or her to come back in line? Most of the elders I knew in my Christian days would have tried kind, gentle persuasion. Those at one particular nondemoninational church in Florida have a different approach.

A 49-year-old Florida woman says her former church is threatening to reveal her sins to its congregation after learning that she is in a "sexually immoral relationship." Rebecca Hancock told FOXNews.com that Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Jacksonville, Fla., was against her relationship with boyfriend Frank Young because the two were sexually active but not married. When she wasn’t willing to obey the church's orders to leave him, she decided to leave the church instead, allowing her two children to remain active members.

Blackmail--do what the church says or we'll tell the members about your sins! Now, I know that Christians are always trying to put their noses in other people's lives and trying to push their ideology down everyone's throats, but I honestly did not realize that there were churches out there that were so aggressive in ordering their members around. This is more akin to something I would expect from a Mosque (of course, in this case they aren't threatening to stone her to death). The pastor of the church sees nothing at all wrong with what they are doing.

The Rev. T. Scott Christmas, pastor of the church, told the Florida Times-Union that the "process of loving accountability" is made very clear to members, and the church is doing "nothing more than following the practices of what biblical churches have done through history."

Ah, loving accountability. Hate the sin, love the sinner. We love you, we're just going to make your life miserable. And apparently they have the authority of the Bible, as the letter they sent the lady explains.

“Your refusal to repent and be restored in your relationship with God and His Church leaves us with no alternative than to carry out the third step of the discipline process,” the letter explained. “In accordance with Matthew 18:17, we intend to ‘tell it to the church.’”

One thing I never get about these silly Christians. They claim that Judgement Day comes when you die, that you will stand before their god and he'll give you the thumbs up or down to either reward you or punish you for your the life you have lived. Why, then, do they spend so much time themselves trying to punish people who aren't dead yet? Brownie points?