Seven Reasons Young Men Raised in Church Still Struggle with Church
Why is it that some young men who are raised in the church struggle with their church membership? Here are seven reasons contributing to the struggle.
Why Do People Object to the Concept of Membership in a Local Church?
Is church membership a must? This article addresses fourteen objections to church membership.
Ten Things You Should Know about Church Membership
Why is church membership important? Here are ten things you should know about church membership.
Rest in The Lord How to Combat Discouragement When Members Criticize and Leave the Church
The Requisite for Membership
Why Can’t I Find Real Community in the Church?
As a church member, do you experience an obstacle from enjoying true fellowship with others in your congregation? Real community church life can be experienced when we learn to crucify our dreams and commit ourselves. These are the basics of church membership.
Church Membership: Loving What Jesus Loves
Is church membership a must? This article explains that those who love Jesus love what he loves, namely, his church. Thus, church membership is expected of you.
The Belgic Confession of Faith: Article 28
The Members of the Church
A churchless Christian is a contradiction in terms. When you are a Christian, you have to be a member of the church. What does church membership look like? This article offers three points on the matter.
TV Church
Should Christians be members of the electronic church? This article explains that Christians are called to keep their church membership in a local church. TV church can only be a supplement for the Christian, for the Word of God and the nature of worship require this.
Do I Have to Go to Church to Be a Christian?
Can you be a faithful Christian without going to church? No. This article explains why church membership and church attendance are important.
Why You Still Need the Church Even if You Have Been Hurt by It
How should you respond when hurt by the church? Some have not only withdrawn their church membership they have given up on their Christianity. This article gives you three reasons why you need the church even if you were hurt by the church.
Three Reasons Why Every Christian Needs the Church
Every Christian must belong to a church. Why is church membership important? This article provides three reasons.
The Confession of Faith Article 28 That Every One is Bound to Join Himself to the True Church
Membership Matters
How to Not Leave the Church
The Church as a Body as God Has Arranged When it comes to the church, we may think globally (catholic), but we must act locally
Belong: God Enjoins You
Four Ways to Become a Role Player in Your Church
As a church member, you have a role to play in your church. This article shows how you can play your role among the church membership: through prayer, discipleship, evangelism, and celebrating each another.
Is Church Membership Optional?
Is church membership optional? This article discusses reasons for joining a church, and the blessings that result from church membership. It makes clear that membership is not optional, but a necessity.
Adding to the Church during the Early American Period
This article is a historical study of how the New England church in America dealt with issues like the determining of membership after a person or persons came forward as converts. There were a set of rules and procedures that had to be laid down at that time to determine whether one was genuinely a member of Christ's body or not.
Tramping
This article discusses the concept of church tramping, a description of people who move from one church to another for wrong reasons. It considers what should be done when such people seek after church membership in your local church.
Duties and Privileges of Church Members
This article is an address on the ins and outs of church membership.
Church Membership
Church membership is an obligation for those who profess Christ. This article shows that the Bible makes it clear that faith in Christ and membership in his church cannot be separated. Therefore, the question is not whether you must be a member, but to which church do you belong,
3 Quick Questions Before Quitting Your Church
Have you been praying for the people of your church, serving the people of your church, and been with the people of this church? These are the three questions before you consider withdrawing your church membership. Let the article explain them.
Prioritize Your Church
You are not only required to maintain church membership; you must also prioritize your church. This will be possible if you can understand the purpose of the church. The article points to three ways you can prioritize your church.
Dead Wood
"The Communion of Saints"
Profession of Faith – Not an Initiation Rite Baptised Children are Not Inferior Members
Five Questions on Reformed Practices
This article defines five elements of the reformed practice: the need for church membership, creeds and confessions, reformed worship, giving and tithing biblically, and infant baptism.
Why Should I Join a Church?
Why should you join a church? From Matthew 16:18-19, this article shows that Christ's words about building His church causes church membership to be a requirement.
Join or Die? Addressing the Question of Church Membership
The Church: Who Needs It?
The Body of Christ
This article looks at the implications of the Lord's Supper on church membership. Through the Lord's Supper we are taught that communion with Christ results in communion with other believers. This is what it means to be the body of Christ, as stated in 1 Corinthians 10:17.
Does Christ Teach You to Church Shop?
The Marks of the Christian
Cafeteria Christianity
Do We Need Church Membership in an Individualistic Society?
Do We Need Church Membership in an Individualistic Society?
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 30:1 and 2
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 30:1 and 2 is about church discipline and church membership.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 31
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 31 is about church membership and the church.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 25:1
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 25:1 is about the church and church membership.
Church Membership in an Evil Age
These three articles looks at the importance and the responsibilities of church membership. The author also discusses the invisible church, membership of a denomination, the important place of truth in the church, and separation and apostasy from a church.
The Task of Missions
Local Church Membership
Baptism and the Visible Church
Membership: Serving God and One Another
The Necessity of the Concept of the Church
Membership in the Local Church: A Biblical Perspective
The Fourth Membership Vow
This article is about church membership and the membership vows we take in the covenant community. Church discipline is also discussed.
Church Membership: Option or Command?
This article is about church membership. The author discusses the relation of church membership and baptism, the church as the body of Christ, and the oversight and discipline of the elders in the church.
The Boundaries of the Church
This article is about the church and election. The author looks at the visible church and invisible church distinction, the relation of church and faith/believers, and church membership. Jesus Christ and the church is also discussed.