Qualifications for Church Membership.
The church is a spiritual organism. The only way to be a member of it is through the spiritual new birth. The new birth occurs when someone repents and trust the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. At that moment, they are baptized by the Holy Spirit and placed into the Christ’s body, which is His church. It would be impossible for any local church to accept anyone into membership who hasn’t experienced the new birth.
1 Corinthians 12 & Ephesians 4 make it clear that all born again Christians are members of the body of Christ, which is called THE CHURCH. Subsequently, these members then gather themselves together in LOCAL churches
Therefore, those seeking membership must:
During this interview they will be asked if they’ve been scripturally baptized by immersion, in water, publicly testifying and identifying themselves with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
They are encouraged and welcome to:
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