CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
What is Membership?
Membership is not about creating a clique in the church. Membership is about commitment; your commitment to a local church and that church's commitment to you. Membership is the most helpful way to ensure that a person in a local congregation understands and believes the gospel, and is connected to a process of discipleship.
Being a member of a church ensures that you are accounted for by your church and connected to their process of discipleship under the care of your pastors. It allows you to express your faith in the gospel message, communicate your agreement with the church's doctrinal views, and declare your commitment to living out your faith and serving your church. Because of this, it allows your church to confidently entrust you with ministry responsibilities and opportunities within the body of Christ.
Being an elder-led church, one of the responsibilities of our members is to commit to the local body of Garden City Church to ensure that we impact others effectively with our gospel witness and ministry.
As a member, such items include the affirmation of church leadership (Elders and Deacons), affirming others as members of our church, and bringing necessary attention to matters within church leadership.
How Do I Become a Member?
Becoming a member at Garden City requires three things:
It requires that you understand and believe the gospel for yourself. It goes without saying that we are Christians first, and members of a local congregation second.
It requires that you have been baptized in response to your genuine belief in the gospel. If you seek to become a member and have yet to be baptized, part of your process will include being baptized as a public demonstration of your decision to follow Christ.
It requires that you commit to living out our church covenant and participate in our membership classes.
If you would like to inquire about becoming a member of Garden City Church, please click the button below to fill out a form and we will follow up with you as quickly as possible.