What does it mean to be a member of this church?
How do you enter and what are you entering?
This is a question that I hope we will individually and together think very carefully about over the next few weeks. It is critical to your Christian growth and the growth of this church that you know where to place yourself on this question.
Are you a church member simply by turning up? Is attendance at church meetings sufficient to identify you as a member of Christ’s church? Do you belong to Christ’s church by being found inside this building? Are you a member of the church if your name and address gets printed on the church contact list? Are you a member of the church if you are doing something for the church programme, such as cleaning, providing a flower arrangement or helping with transport? What things do you have to know and believe to be a church member? How do you join? What happens if you leave? What standards of behaviour do you have to maintain? What do you have to do for other church members? Are there a minimum number of meetings you have to attend? What if you haven’t been baptised? Can anyone eat the bread and wine? What does the church actually do?
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