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1 | Multiple Church Membership | Rom 12:5 | thenoel2 | 202479 | ||
Is it ok in God's eyes and/or Biblically correct to be a member of two active church bodies. In other words, have membership at 2 churches if both churches are active Bible believing and Christ following congregations? | ||||||
2 | Multiple Church Membership | Rom 12:5 | bible believer | 202480 | ||
good morning noel2! may i begin to answer your question by asking one of you? by church membership, are you referring to a formal membership process, perhaps involving an application approval by elders and/or pastors, or are you referring to merely regular attendance at more than one church? i ask this because i have found that people often disagree on the definition of church membership. that being said, i will assume that you are referring to a formal membership process. you will not find reference to church "membership" anywhere in the Bible. you will also not find reference to the term "the trinity" yet it is nonetheless a clearly Biblical concept. church membership allows and enables the fulfillment of God’s high call upon His church to love and care for one another. (see Romans 12).in reading the New Testament about the church and its qualities- the characteristics of service, love, devotion, zeal, commitment, accountability, fellowship, submission to authority... are all used to describe the healthy, local church. it would be highly unlikely that an individual could maintain all of the above (and more) at more than one church. after all, there are only so many hours in a day! the bottom line is that church membership is consistent with Biblical teachings and is to be considered a privilege that produces a wholehearted commitment to the local body.it would therefore seem inappropriate to think that one could serve in a wholehearted capacity in two places at one time. i pray this response is helpful to you. |
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3 | Multiple Church Membership | Rom 12:5 | thenoel2 | 202481 | ||
Thanks for your reply. It is indeed helpful and remindful. I am actually refering to being an active member at two churches. You do bring up a good point that it is difficult to be wholeheartedly commited to both. However, I was thinking that if the 2 churches meet for corporate worship at different times then it becomes possible to attend both for corporate worship and then become active in other activities and commitments by dividing up my time at both. Admitedly then each church has only 50 percent of my time as it would otherwise but is not that time still 100 percent of my time that I have available still spent in active duty in Christian life? Thereby, am I really robbing God of my Christian duties of commitment and time to active service for him? | ||||||
4 | Multiple Church Membership | Rom 12:5 | True Truthseeker | 202483 | ||
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5 | Multiple Church Membership | Rom 12:5 | thenoel2 | 202489 | ||
Those are wonderful statements, but I fail to see how this is in answer to the question. As mentioned both churches are Biblical churches. | ||||||
6 | Multiple Church Membership | Rom 12:5 | azurelaw | 202499 | ||
Dear thenoel, I see that you are new to the forum and might not be familiar with the feature of it. May I provide you some helpful hints on that. 1/ When someone sends a post to you, you will be notified by an email from the Lockman system automatically. What you can do is either make your reply in response directly via the email (you don't need to start a new question); or if you want to view more comments from others on the subject before making a reply, you may log on the forum. 2/ When you want to post a response on a specific topic which already exists, just click on the subject heading, scroll down to the bottom of the screen, you will see those past posts within the thread. On the right hand side, you will see date of the posts and name of the posters. It is always advisable to read those past posts in order to grasp the idea of the past and current discussions so that we can make a proper reply or comment. 3/Click on the user name, you will see the user profile, the total number of posts written and the last posting date. 4/If you want to start a new question or search about past discussion of a specific verse, type the verse number (e.g. Gen 1:1) onto the "Questions/Notes on Verse" box on the top of the screen. Shalom Azure |
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