Committing to One Another: Church Membership

by Bobby Jamieson

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2012

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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Key Features

• 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

Contents

• 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)

Product Details

• Title: Committing to One Another: Church Membership
• Author: Bobby Jamieson
• Series: 9Marks Healthy Church Study Guides
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 64
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Church membership
• Resource ID: LLS:CMMTTNGNNTHR
• Resource Type: text.monograph.study-guide
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-08T17:21:25Z

About Bobby Jamieson

Bobby Jamieson is a Ph.D. student in New Testament at the University of Cambridge. He previously served as assistant editor for 9Marks and is the author, most recently, of Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership (B&H, 2015).