Becoming a member of First Baptist Church is something that we encourage people to pursue for a variety of reasons. Here are a few:
- We want to encourage people to enter into an accountable and responsible relationship with an identified group of people. This is called the local church.
- Nowhere in Scripture will you find the phrase "church membership", but the idea of a connection with an identified group of people is all through the New Testament. The Apostle Paul uses an entire chapter to describe the connectedness of a local body (1 Cor. 12). Individuals in the church had identified leaders and were accountable to one another (Hebrews 13:17; 1 Thes. 5:12-13; 1 Tim. 5:17). Those who served as pastors had an identifiable group of people that they were responsible for (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2-3). Our mechanism for creating this identified relationship is through church membership. We believe it is biblical.
2019 Membership Class Schedule:
Beginning Jan. 6
Week 1 - Jan. 6
Week 2 - Jan. 20
Week 3 - Jan 27
Week 4 - Feb. 3
Week 5 - Feb. 10 |
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Beginning March 10
Week 1 - March 17
Week 2 - March 24
Week 3 - March 31
Week 4 - April 7
Week 5 - April 14
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Beginning June 2
Week 1 - June 2
Week 2 - June 9
Week 3 - June 16
Week 4 - June 23
Week 5 - June 30
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Beginning Sept. 8
Week 1 - Sept. 8
Week 2 - Sept. 15
Week 3 - Sept. 22
Week 4 - Sept. 29
Week 5 - Oct. 6 |
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Beginning Nov. 10
Week 1 - Nov. 10
Week 2 - Nov. 17
Week 3 - Nov. 24
Week 4 - Dec. 1
Week 5 - Dec. 8 |
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