Seeking Grace and Truth

The Church Covenant   The New Testament norm would seem to be that a new Christian would be received into a local assembly of believers. Does a new believer need to make any kind of commitment to the local congregation? In our world today, this commitment may be broader than to the local congregation. Many churches have some form of a statement or covenant that a candidate for membership must agree to before being received as a member. Church covenants…

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  Most Christians today embrace some level of approval of formal church membership, although this may be changing. Even though there is a general acceptance and approval of the concept of church membership, in practice there often exists a shallow understanding that results in a weak commitment to the church. It is important for Christians to turn again and again to the Word itself to discover the needed corrective truth that will open to us the fullness of the blessing…

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