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I WILL BE A FUNCTIONING CHURCH MEMBER

Membership means….

  •     We are all necessary parts of the whole
  •     We are different but we still work together
  •     Everything we say and do is based on a biblical foundation of love
  •     Church Membership is functioning Membership

FIRST PLEDGE

I am a church member.

I like the metaphor of membership. It’s not membership as in a civic organization or a country club. It’s the kind of membership given to us in 1 Corinthians 12: “Now you are the body of Christ and individual members of it” (1 Cor. 12:27). Because I am a member of the body of Christ, I must be a functioning member, whether I am an “eye” an “ear,” or a “hand.” As a functioning member, I will give. I will serve. I will minister. I will evangelize. I will study I will seek to be a blessing to others. I will remember that “if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it” (1 Cor. 12:26)

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I WILL BE A UNIFYING CHURCH MEMBER

  •     That thing called Unity
  •     Gossip and other negative talk
  •     Forgiveness and Unity

SECOND PLEDGE

I am a church member.

I will seek to be a source of unity in the church. I know there are no perfect pastors, staff, or other church members. But neither am I. I will not be a source of gossip or dissension. One of the greatest contributions I can make is to do all I can in God’s power to help keep the church in unity for the sake of the gospel.

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I WILL NOT LET MY CHURCH BE ABOUT MY PERFERENCES AND DESIRES   

​The Servant Motif
   
A Survey identified 10 issues in the church
  • Worship Wars
  • Prolonged minutia meetings
  • Facility focus
  • Program Driven
  • Inwardly focused budget
  • Inordinate demands for pastoral care
  • Attitudes of entitlement
  • Greater concern about change than the gospel
  • Anger and hostility
  • Evangelistic apathy
   
The Mind of Christ

THIRD PLEDGE

I am a church member.

​ I will not let my church be about my preference and desire. That is self-serving. I am in this church to serve others and to serve Christ. My Savior went to the cross for me. I can deal with any inconveniences and matters that are just not my preference or style.
 
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​I WILL PRAY FOR MY CHURCH LEADERS

    Pray  for the Pastor and other Church Members
    Pray for Him and His Family
    Pray for His Protection
    Pray for His Physical and Mental Health

FOURTH PLEDGE

I am a church member.

 I will pray for my pastor every day. His work is never-ending. His days are filled with constant demands for his time – with the need to prepare sermons, with those who are rejoicing in births, with those who are traveling through the valley of the shadow of death, with critics, with the hurts and hopes of others, and with the need to be a husband and a father. My pastor cannot serve our church in his own power. I will pray for God’s strength for him and his family every day.

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I WILL LEAD MY FAMILY TO BE HEALTHY CHURCH MEMBERS  

  Church and Family
    Praying Together as a Family for the Church

Pray for…
  • Spiritual protection
  • Protection from moral failure
  • Preaching Sound Doctrine
  • Their families
  • Encouragement
  • Physical Strength
  • Courage
  • Discernment
  • Wisdom in their leadership

    Worshipping Together as a Family
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    Falling Deeply in Love with the Bride of Christ

FIFTH PLEDGE

I am a church member.

 I will lead my family to be good members of this church as well. We will pray together for our church. WE will worship together in our church. WE will serve together in our church. And we will ask Christ to help us fall deeper in love with this church, because He gave his life for her.
 
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I WILL TREASURE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AS A GIFT

    The Biblical Perspective of the Gift of Church Membership
    Universal Church or Local Church?
    Understand the Gift

SIXTH PLEDGE
 
I am a church member.  

This membership is a gift. When I received the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, I became a part of the body of Christ. I soon thereafter identified with a local body and was baptized. And now I am humbled and honored to serve and to love others in our church. I pray that I will never take my membership for granted, but see it as a gift and an opportunity to serve others and to be a part of something so much greater than any one person or member.
 
I am a church member.
And I thank God that I am.



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