Membership

Each person uniting with this congregation should understand such action as involving commitment to the congregation's covenant. This commitment entails serious intention to grow in the grace and knowledge of God, to be a direct participant in the public worship, service, and financial life of the church, and to do these things in such a manner as to strengthen the unity and usefulness of Christ's church.
1. Presentation for Membership
Individuals may present themselves for membership during services of public worship or in conference with a member in the following ways:
a. By public profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and asking to be baptized by immersion. However, an accommodation may be made for persons with medical conditions that would prohibit baptism by immersion. A request for such an accommodation shall be referred to the Diaconate for consideration and recommendation.
b. By promise of letter transferred from another Baptist church;
c. By statement of previous profession of faith and baptism in another Christian church and now requesting baptism by immersion in this church.
d. By affirmation of a previous profession of faith and a baptism that symbolized an identification with the Christian Faith and the church as the body of Christ.
e. By requesting to be under the “Watchcare” of our church, while maintaining membership within another church.
2. Acceptance of New Members:
Candidates for membership shall be accepted by a majority vote or by the acclamation of members present at any regular church worship service or congregational meeting.