Not Everything is Black and McWhite is the beginning of what promises to be an interesting dialog on the topic.
The questions they will address are:
1. What is the current process at your church for membership?
2. What do you think the best process for membership would be?
3. Do you have a membership covenant to be signed?
4. What do you require of your members?
5. What should be required of members?
6. What should be done if someone ‘applies’ for membership at your church who is currently a member at another church?
7. What should be done if someone who is a member at your church decides to start attending another church in the same town?
8. How should a church handle someone who refuses in principle to becoming a member?
9. Should there be some be privileges of being a member (voting, ability to lead a small group, etc.)?
10. Do you grandfather in the grown children of parents who have become members? Or do you encourage them to be members when they become 18?
11. What are the minimum requirements for church membership?
12. In what situations would you not allow someone to be a member who has applied?
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2 comments:
I wonder how a lot of these questions are answered in a community that engaged in discipleship and what it means to follow Jesus. It's different for a community engaged in mission as opposed to simply a organizational church.
Absolutely! That's why I'm curious to see how Vince's dialog plays out. I know that he is not about "simply organized church". It should be interesting to watch.
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