Saturday, May 28, 2005

New Members

One significant activity will be going on at church tomorrow that most people will be unaware of. Elders will be meeting with attenders of the New Membership class during the 9:00 hour to hear their testimonies and receive them into communicant membership. In July, you will see these new members when they come forward during a worship service for public reception. The only exception about membership has to do with baptism. If a person has never been baptised, his membership takes effect at baptism.

To be received as a church member, candidates are required to give a credible profession of faith and assent to the following questions.

1. Do you acknowledge yourselves to be sinners in the sight of God, justly deserving His displeasure, and without hope save in His sovereign mercy?

2. Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and Savior of sinners, and do you receive and rest upon Him alone for salvation as He is offered in the Gospel?

3. Do you now resolve and promise, in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, that you will endeavor to live as becomes the followers of Christ?

4. Do you promise to support the Church in its worship and work to the best of your ability?

5. Do you submit yourselves to the government and discipline of the Church, and promise to study its purity and peace?

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