Church membership : how the world knows who represents Jesus / Jonathan Leeman ; foreword by Michael Horton.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Building healthy churches | IX MarksPublication details: Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway, �2012.Description: 142 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781433532375
  • 1433532379
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 820 .L44 2012
Contents:
Introduction : a bigger deal than we realize -- We've been approaching it all wrong -- Membership sightings in the New Testament -- What is a church? What is a church member? -- What are a church and its members like? -- What are the "standards" of membership? (becoming a member) -- How does a Christian submit to a church? (being a member) -- What happens when members don't represent Jesus? -- Must membership look the same everywhere? -- Conclusion : how church membership defines love.
Summary: Becoming a member of a church is an important, and often neglected, part of the Christian life. Yet the trend these days is one of shunning the practice of organized religion and showing a distaste or fear of commitment, especially of institutions. Jonathan Leeman addresses these issues with a straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it's important. Giving the local church its proper due, Leeman has built a compelling case for committing to the local body. --from publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 137) and index.

Introduction : a bigger deal than we realize -- We've been approaching it all wrong -- Membership sightings in the New Testament -- What is a church? What is a church member? -- What are a church and its members like? -- What are the "standards" of membership? (becoming a member) -- How does a Christian submit to a church? (being a member) -- What happens when members don't represent Jesus? -- Must membership look the same everywhere? -- Conclusion : how church membership defines love.

Becoming a member of a church is an important, and often neglected, part of the Christian life. Yet the trend these days is one of shunning the practice of organized religion and showing a distaste or fear of commitment, especially of institutions. Jonathan Leeman addresses these issues with a straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it's important. Giving the local church its proper due, Leeman has built a compelling case for committing to the local body. --from publisher description.

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