Ep. 206: Defining Membership Commitment

How do you determine who is a committed member? Does the Bible actually talk about church membership? What role does a church covenant play in this conversation? What do you do with regular attenders who won’t join?

Brian and Jim discuss this and much more on this episode of Trench Talk

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(1:55) Biblical Understanding of Church Membership

(6:07) a Church Covenant: What it means to be a member of the church

(8:38) Commitment of membership Members one of another

(12:04) What do you do with regular attenders who won’t join?

(13:37) Tethered or Untethered: How do you determine who is a committed member?

(17:44) What do you do with them member who watches online and is engaged?

(19:31) How does a pastor then call members to this commitment?

(26:00) Difficulties and directives surrounding correction and discipline of members

(28:26) Getting practical: 2 examples and how to handle them