Church Membership

Is Church Membership really that important? 

Belonging to a church is an important gospel issue because the work of Christ creates a new humanity. God “has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.” (Col 1:13 CSB) Community life then is an outgrowth of the gospel, which reconciles us vertically to God and horizontally to one another.

Why do I need to join a church if I have a personal relationship with Jesus?

While salvation and following Christ is a relationship between you and God, it is also very much a corporate thing. You simply won’t find the modern category of a solo Christian who is disconnected from the local church anywhere in Scripture. There is indeed an important communal aspect to following Jesus, and that is doing so within the context of a church.

What do I even gain from church membership?

In our culture, membership is a contractual agreement. However, the Bible speaks of membership as a limb connected to a body. It is being interdependent and intricately involved with one another. While there are certainly benefits you get from church membership, it is also about what you contribute to the community in helping us display a fuller picture of Jesus to the world!