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of the most frequently asked questions of our guests
is "How do you join the Baptist Church?"
We accept members in three ways, baptism into the
church, by letter from another Baptist Church, and by
statement of faith.
If you have any questions, we would
love the opportunity to share with you further.
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A New Testament Church is made up of believers in
Jesus Christ only. Thus, you must first of all believe
in Christ as your Savior (Acts 16:13). To believe in
Christ is to ask for forgiveness for your sins, and
commit yourself to Him and His way.
We
believe that a person is saved by placing his or her
trust in the Lord Jesus Christ who died on the cross
to save us from our sins (1 Peter 1 : 18 - 19) We
further believe that New Testament baptism is by
immersion and is to take place after a person is
saved. It is not a sacrament, but a picture of the
death, burial and resurrection of Jesus (Romans 6 : 4
- 6). It pictures our faith in Him alone for
salvation.
To make Jesus Lord is to give Him control
of your life. After having made this decision you need
to make it known by walking down the aisle during the
invitation at the close of a worship service. You have
the promise of the Lord, "Him that comes unto me
I will in no way cast him out, " (John 6:37).
Friend, Jesus will receive you and so will Eternal Life.
Following
this decision, you need to be baptized by immersion,
into the full membership of the Eternal Life family!
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Every Christian should have his or her church
membership in the city where they live and at the
church where they worship. Since church membership is
essentially fellowship, one can only be in true
fellowship where he or she can worship and serve
regularly. Thus, we invite you to come and join us by
transfer of membership.. We will write to your former
church for your church letter. This is called
"joining by letter."
If
this is not possible you simply need to come forward
and say that you wish to join by "statement of
faith".
We
receive those coming to us from other denominations as
candidates for baptism upon the basis of their
Christian experience. In no sense does this imply that
you are not already a Christian. If your belief is the
same as ours, we shall welcome you to be baptized and
become a member of Eternal Life. During the public
invitation at the close of a worship service, simply
come and express your desire to "come by
baptism."
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