Membership

MEMBERSHIP

There are three things that help us understand why church membership is biblical and important.

  1. Membership Reflects What the Church Is. First, membership is a reflection of the organic community already existing in the body. Paul says we are a body. Can one part say to the other, “I’m not part of you”? No, it is already a part. But too often we live as if we are separated.
  2. The Bible Teaches Covenant Community. There is no such thing in the New Testament as a church without some recognition of belonging – of membership in community. People need membership commitment because they need to be connected to a Christian community.
  3. People Need Church Membership. Finally, we recognize biblical membership matters because people need it. This is not just for the sake of the faith community, but also for the sake of the individual.

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

God makes us a part of His larger family when we are born again. But then we should covenant in a local body and live in a community with them, agreeing to live by certain established godly principles and standards. 

– Excerpts taken from “Christianity Today” Magazine

If you would like to be a member of First Christian Church all it takes is a conversation with the pastor, and your willingness to affirm publicly the “great confession” which is…… “(I believe) Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, my Lord and Savior.”