Before requesting membership with our church body, the leadership request that each adult read the informative book, What is a Healthy Church Member?

It is such a helpful handbook outlining the church’s true biblical priorities, especially how they apply to each of us individually.

Each chapter presents one proposal in becoming a healthy church member.  The books assumes you are already a member of a local congregation and you either just need a nudge in the right direction or you just simply don’t know what God expects from you as a healthy church member.

I believe that the local church is far more important to the Christian walk than Christians realize today in our society.

A Healthy Church Member is….

1. an Expositional Listener to the Word of God by letting God set the agenda and seeking the true meaning of the text, so they can apply it to their lives
2. a Biblical Theologian who studies the themes of the bible to protect themselves and the church from false and unsound teaching
3. is Gospel Saturated because the gospel is what saves us and will sustain and motivate us in our daily christian lives
4. is Genuinely Converted and has a true understanding of conversion
5. is a Biblical Evangelist by sharing the good news about Jesus Christ with the people God’s places in their path
6. Has a biblical understanding of committed church  membership and becoming an humble follower
   
7. Has a biblical understanding of church discipline and seeks it joyfully
8. is a forever growing in their discipleship in the Lord Jesus Christ
9. is a constant prayer warrior

After reading and pondering the words and scripture references in this little book,  I was able to reflect on my own weakness as a church  member.

I plan on reading this to my older children this year.  Reading one chapter  while  concentrating on one mark of a healthy church member per month will instill the expectations of a healthy church member in the eyes of the Lord.   This is my hearts desire.

It’s a must read for all church members whether your new to the body of Christ or have been walking with the Lord for years.   It’s all from a biblical standpoint, too.

Are you a healthy church member?

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