Why Formal Membership in a Church?

Membership is NOT casual at least we don’t think it should be.

Membership MATTERS here because there is:

A biblical reason – Christ is committed to the church. “…Christ loved the church, and He gave His life for it” (Eph 5:25)

A cultural reason – It is an antidote to our society. We live in an age where very few want to be committed to anything.

This attitude has produced a generation of “church shoppers and hoppers”. Membership swims against the current of America’s consumer religion. It is an unselfish decision. Commitments always builds character.

A practical reason-It defines who can/should be counted on.

Every team must have a roster. Every school must have an enrollment. Every business has a payroll. Every army has an enlistment. Even our country takes a census and requires voter registration. Membership identifies our family.

A personal reason-it produces spiritual growth.

The New Testament places a major emphasis on the need for Christians to be accountable to each other for spiritual growth. You cannot be accountable if you’re not committed to any specific church family. “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another.” (Heb. 10:25, NIV).

Here are four other reasons for membership commitment to a church in addition to the above:

You need healthy relationships – “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the one who falls and has no one to help him up! (Eccles. 4:9-10, NIV).

You need a place where you can use your gifts – “Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you” (1 Tim. 4:14, NKJV).

You need a place where you can grow– “The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer” (Acts 2:42).

You need to belong to something bigger than yourself– “Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others” (Rom. 12:4-5, NIV)

What are the personal requirements for membership @ Save The Nations Church?

1. SALVATION - a personal relationship with Jesus Christ

2. BAPTISM - adult believers baptism by immersion

3. Regular attendance at Save The Nations Church.

What are the steps in Save the Nations membership process?

1. Sign-up for the membership by filling out the membership application found on our church forms and documents page of this website [under welcome]  or check off the membership interest box on a connection card in Sunday service

2. Sign up and attend the STN 101: Connect Class - you can fill out a membership application there as well.

3. If you have never been baptized, ask for information about our next baptisms at the end of STN 101: Connect.