Selected Scriptures

Commitment

Six Reason To Become a Church Member
1.  An Historical Reason
.          There was an apparent list of members
.        .          Acts 1:15, 2:41, 2:47, 4:4, 5:14, 6:7, 11:21, 14:1, 16:5
.          There was a clear terminology that identifies a church
.          .        Acts 6:1-3, 6:5, 8:1, 14:23, 15:3-4, 15:22, 15:30, 18:27
.          There was a list of widows in the church
.        .          1 Timothy 5:9
2.  An Ecclesiological Reason
.          The nature of the church assumes membership
.        .          1 Corinthians 12:13, 1:1-2; Galatians 1:1-5
3.  A Pastoral Reason
.        .          Acts 20:28, 1 Thessalonians 5:12, Hebrews 13:17, 1 Peter 5:1-3
4.  An Accountability Reason – Church Discipline
.        .          Galatians 6:1-2, Matthew 18:15-17, 1 Corinthians 5:2, 5, 12-23
5.  A Relational Reason – The “one-anothers”
6.  A Spiritual Reason – Spiritual gifting
.        .          Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Peter 4:10-11