Membership Vows

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Membership vows are an invitation for the church to partner with you on your Christian journey and to hold you accountable to your vows.


Vow #1—Do you believe the Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, to be the Word of God, and its doctrine of salvation to be the perfect and only true doctrine of salvation? 

    • Membership vows are an _____________ for others to hold you ___________ to _______ _________.

Vow  #2—Do you believe in one living and true God, in whom eternally there are three distinct persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—who are the same in being and equal in power and glory, and that Jesus Christ is God the Son, come in the flesh?

    • Membership vows mean that you believe there is ______ God in _______ persons and that Jesus is _________, become __________.

Vow #3—Do you confess that because of your sinfulness you abhor and humble yourself before God, that you repent of your sin, and that you trust for salvation not in yourself but in Jesus Christ alone?

    • Membership vows mean that you understand that you are ______________ who needs ______________ from ______________ and ______________.

Vow #4—Do you acknowledge Jesus Christ as your sovereign Lord, and do you promise that, in reliance on the grace of God, you will serve him with all that is in you, forsake the world, resist the devil, put to death your sinful deeds and desires, and lead a godly life?

    • Being a Christian means that you are seeking to live in ______________ to God and encouraging ______________ to do the ______________.

Vow #5—Do you promise to participate faithfully in this church's worship and service, to submit in the Lord to its government, and to heed its discipline, even in case you should be found delinquent in doctrine or life?

    • Membership vows are for those who ____________ and ____________ participate in worship with their ___________, ___________, and ____________. (Hebrews 10:24-25)

    • Membership vows are for those who ____________ their responsibility to ______________ the church family with the ______________ God has given them. (1 Peter 4:10)

    • Membership vows are for those who are ready to submit their ______________ and ____________