Committing to One Another: Church Membership
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This study answers the question: Why join a church? By seeing the Scriptural reasoning for becoming a church member, participants will also learn what it looks like to be a healthy member of the body and how to serve in their local congregation.
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- Discusses what it looks like to be a healthy member of the church
- Answers the question: Why join a church?
- Works for both church-wide and small-group studies
- The Need for Membership
- The Mandate for Membership
- The Goal of Membership
- The Challenges of Membership
- The Nature of Membership
- The Duties of Membership
- The Glory of Membership
Top Highlights
“This study argues that church membership is biblical, that every Christian should be a member of a church, and that church membership makes a profound difference in the Christian life.” (Page 8)
“We at 9Marks are convinced that the local church is God’s plan for displaying his glory to the nations.” (Page 7)
“We don’t necessarily know that such uninvolved people are not Christians; we simply can’t affirm that they are.” (Page 14)
“Uninvolved members confuse both real members and non-Christians about what it means to be a Christian.” (Page 14)
“membership is the church’s corporate endorsement of a person’s salvation” (Page 14)
Bobby Jamieson (PhD, University of Cambridge) serves as an associate pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He previously served as assistant editor for 9Marks and managing editor of the 9Marks Journal.