What are the Entailments of Church Membership?

R&B (Repentance and Belief)

  • Five Basic Responsibilities of Membership 
    • Attend regularly.  If we don't attend, we can't be edified, and the pastors can't get to know us in a way that meaningfully informs their shepherding care of us.
    • Give regularly.  If we don't give, the pastors can't fully devote themselves to preaching and teaching, the missionaries have to come home, and the lights will have to be turned off in the building.
    • Pray regularly.  One of the most basic ways we can edify and encourage one another towards greater obedience, holiness, and joy is through prayer.  Pray through your church's directory a page a day, using the Scripture you're reading in your devotions.
    • Attend communion services particularly.  It is an ordinance commanded by the Lord for our joy in and remembrance of Him.  It binds us together as a believing community, and reminds us of the significance of Christ's death.
    • Attend business meetings particularly.  We should care enough about the life of our local church to attend business meetings and to contribute to them in helpful ways by being quick to listen and gentle in speech.