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Exploring Church Membership. There is room for you here!. Your Church Name Here. Exploring Church Membership. Acts 2:47b “And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.” (NIV). Your Church Name Here. Exploring (name of your church) Membership Class Outline. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Your Church Name Here
Exploring Church Membership
There is room for you here!
Exploring Church Membership
Acts 2:47b
“And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”
(NIV)
Your Church Name Here
• Our Salvation• The Requirements of Membership• Making Sure You Are a Christian• The Symbols of Salvation
• Baptism • Lord’s Supper
• Our Statements• Our Purpose Statement. Why we exist.• Our Faith Statement. What we believe.• The Vision• The Great Commandment
• Our Strategy• Who are we seeking to reach ?• The Great Commission
• Our Structure• How our church is organized for growth• How your church is financed• Our Missions Connections• Our Missions Giving• What is expected of members
Exploring (name of your church) Exploring (name of your church) Membership Class OutlineMembership Class Outline
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• A personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
• Baptism by immersion as a public symbol of one’s faith
• Completion of the membership class
• A commitment to the purpose and people of (church name) - a covenant relationship
Exploring (name of your church) Exploring (name of your church) MembershipMembership
The Requirements of MembershipThe Requirements of Membership
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• Have you come to the place in your spiritual life that you know for certain that if you died today you would go to heaven?
• Suppose you were before God and He said to you, “Why should I let you into my heaven?” what would you say?
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Making Sure You Are a Christian
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The Symbols of Salvation
• Baptism Believer’s By Immersion Obedience Symbolic
Death, burial, and resurrection Identification with Christ
I am in Christ
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The Symbols of Salvation• Lord’ Supper (Communion)For Believers In RemembranceObedienceSymbolic
Death, burial, and resurrection Identification with Christ
Christ is in Me
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Our Purpose Statement Our purpose is to:
• Exalt the Savior
• Evangelize the lost
• Enlist the saved for church
membership
• Edify the saints
• Engage in ministry in the community
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Our Faith Statement• The Bible is God’s Holy Word. It is the
basis for what we believe and what we do
• The Bible teaches us what to believe about:
God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), man, salvation, the church, baptism & Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s Day, the kingdom of God, the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the World, evangelism and missions, Christian education, stewardship, cooperation, the Christian and the social order, peace and war, religious liberty, and how to live the abundant Christian life.
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The Vision: In 2000
And the Lord added to their number daily those who were
being saved.
Acts 2:47b, NIV
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The Great Commandment
Matthew 22:37, 39-40, NIV• “Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
• ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’• All the Law and the Prophets hang
on these two commandments.”
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Who are we seeking to reach? Our Strategy
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The Great Commission
Matthew 28:19-20, NIV “Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I
have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the
very end of the age.”
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Our StructureHow Our Church Is
Organized for Growth
(c h u r c h n a m e )C o n g r e g a t io n
D eacons Pastorand Sta ff
C hurchL eadersh ip T eam
SundaySchool
D isc ip lesh ipT rain ing
W M UW O M , A c te e n s ,
G A s, M iss io n s F r ie n d
M usic B rotherhoodB a p t is t M e n
C h a l le n g e r s , R A s
C om m ittees Spec ia lM in istr ies
J e s u s C h r is tL ord O ver A ll
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How Your Church Is Financed
God’s plan of financing a church...
• His people giving of their own free will as He prospers them
• The tithe is the Lord’s• The church is the storehouse
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Our Missions ConnectionsBaptist Association
___Churches
Baptist State Convention of _________
___Churches
Southern Baptist Convention42,000+ Churches
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Our Missions Giving• 10% of all regular offerings to world missions
through the Cooperative Program (state, home, foreign)
• 4% of all regular offerings to associational missions through _______ Baptist Association
• Special Mission Offerings• Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American
Missions
• Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
• State Missions Offering
• Local Missions (benevolence, other)
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What Is Expected of Members? To protect the unity of our church… by acting in love toward other members• Romans 14:19 Let us therefore make every effort to do
what leads to peace and to mutual edification.(NIV) 1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. (NIV)
… by refusing to gossip• Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out
of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (NIV)
… by following the spiritual leaders• Hebrews 13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the
word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. (NIV)
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What Is Expected of Members?
To share the responsibility of your church… by praying for its growth
• 1 Thessalonians. 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; (KJV)
… by inviting the unchurched to attend• Luke 14:23 "Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled’.” (NKJV)
… by warmly welcoming those who visit
• Romans 15:7 So warmly welcome each other into the church, just as Christ has warmly welcomed you; then God will be glorified. (LB)
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What Is Expected of Members? To serve the ministry of your church… by discovering your spiritual gifts & talents• 1 Peter 4:10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received
to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. (NIV)
… by being equipped to serve • Ephesians 4:11-12 It was he who gave some to be apostles,
some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up (NIV)
… by developing a servant’s heart • Philippians 2:4-7 Each of you should look not only to your own
interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. (NIV)
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What Is Expected of Members? To support the testimony of your church… by attending faithfully• Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as
some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (NIV)
… by living a godly life• Philippians 1:27a Whatever happens, conduct yourselves
in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. (NIV)
… by giving regularly• 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each
one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. (NIV)Leviticus 27:30 "'A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. (NIV)
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Exploring Church Membership
There is room for you here!