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What is Church Membership?
Series Fellowship Meeting
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- Biblical teaching on membership of the visible and universal church.
- church membership in Scripture recognised by baptism, Acts 2:41,47.
- no unbaptised member of the church of Christ found in the NT, Rom 6:3; Gal 3:27; Mark 16:16.
- Baptism always had one meaning but admission to it two routes. Professing believer's and their children recognised as candidates for baptism and admitted as members of the visible church. Acts 8:36-38; 1 Cor 7:14.
- The privileges and responsibility of church membership.
- privilges, duties of members and overseers.
- the obligation to receive the oversight, presupposers church membership of a particular congregation.
- How church membership works in a multi-denominational setting.
- the duty of every Christian to be baptised and join themselves formally to a particular congregation.
- Qualifications for admission to the Lord's Supper and admission to church membership should be as close as possible.
- Every Christian should seek a church where all the marks of biblical truth, worship and order/government are maintained and the sacraments administered - the dangers of not joining a sound biblical church.
| Sermon ID | 22608755180 |
| Duration | 36:46 |
| Date | Feb 24, 2008 |
| Category | Sunday - PM |
| Bible Text | Ephesians 4:1-16 |
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