Exploring Church Membership
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Wooton First Baptist Church
Welcome to
Exploring Church
Membership
Wooton First Baptist Church
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Membership Class Outline
• Our Salvation
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The Requirements of Membership
Making Sure You Are a Christian
The Symbols of Salvation
• Baptism
• Lord’s Supper
• Our Statements
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Our Purpose Statement. Why we exist.
Our Faith Statement. What we believe.
The Vision
The Great Commandment
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Who are we seeking to reach ?
The Great Commission
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How our church is organized for growth
How your church is financed
Our Missions Connections
Our Missions Giving
What is expected of members
• Our Strategy
• Our Structure
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The Requirements of Membership
Baptism-immersion
Letter- from our sister Baptist Church.
Statement- anyone who comes before the
church with a public testimony of their faith
in Jesus as Savior. Giving satisfactory
evidence of having been scripturally baptized
Restoration: Due to church discipline
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Making Sure You Are a Christian
• Have you come to the place in your
spiritual life that you know for
certain that if you died today you
would go to heaven?
• Suppose you were before God and
He said to you, “Why should I let
you into my heaven?” what would
you say?
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The Symbols of Salvation
• Baptism
 Believer’s
 By Immersion
 Obedience
 Symbolic
 Death, burial, and resurrection
 Identification with Christ
 I am in Christ
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The Symbols of Salvation
• Lord’ Supper (Communion)
For Believers
In Remembrance
Obedience
Symbolic
 Death, burial, and resurrection
 Identification with Christ
 Christ is in Me
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Our Purpose Statement
Our purpose is to:
• Exalt the Savior
• Evangelize the lost
• Enlist the saved for church
membership
• Edify the saints
• Engage in ministry in the community
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Our Faith Statement
• The Bible is God’s Holy Word. It is the
basis for what we believe and what we do
• The Bible teaches us what to believe about:
God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), man, salvation,
the church, baptism & Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s
Day, the kingdom of God, the Second Coming of
Christ and the end of the World, evangelism and
missions, Christian education, stewardship,
cooperation, the Christian and the social order,
peace and war, religious liberty, and how to live the
abundant Christian life.
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The Vision: 2013
And the Lord added to their number daily those who were
being saved. Acts 2:47b, NIV
Goal =Church Attendance Avg of
75 by December 2013
Grow our Sunday School Program
to 50 by July
Provide an effective ministry to the entire
family
Wooton First Baptist Church
The Great Commandment
Matthew 22:37, 39-40, NIV
• “Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind.’
• ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
• All the Law and the Prophets hang
on these two commandments.”
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Who are we seeking to reach?
Our Strategy
The people of our community- Your family
and friends
People in greater Leslie County
The mobile Church- not just limited to Leslie
County
Part of National and International Missions
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The Great Commission
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Matthew 28:19-20, NIV
“Therefore go and make disciples of
all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything
I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to
the very end of the age.”
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Our Structure
How Our Church Is
Organized for Growth
Jesus Christ
Diversity of Leadership
• Deacon
• Pastor
• Leadership
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Programs
Sunday School
WMU
Brotherhood
Music
Choir
Youth
Community Involvement
Outreach
Sensitive to needs of community
Food and Toy distribution
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How Your Church Is Financed
God’s plan of financing a
church...
• His people giving of their own free
will as He prospers them
• The tithe is the Lord’s
• The church is the storehouse
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Our Missions Connections
Three Forks Baptist Association
45 Churches
KY Baptist State Convention
2,400 Churches
Southern Baptist Convention
42,000+ Churches
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Our Missions Giving
• 10% of all regular offerings to world missions
through the Cooperative Program (state, home, foreign)
• 4% of all regular offerings to associational
missions through Three Forks Baptist Association
• Special Mission Offerings
• Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American
Missions
• Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International
Missions
• State Missions Offering
• Local Missions (benevolence, other)
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What Is Expected of Members?
 To protect the unity of our church
… by acting in love toward other members
• Romans 14:19 Let us therefore make every effort to do
what leads to peace and to mutual edification.(NIV)
• 1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by
obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your
brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. (NIV)
… by refusing to gossip
• Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out
of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building
others up according to their needs, that it may benefit
those who listen. (NIV)
… by following the spiritual leaders
• Hebrews 13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the
word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of
life and imitate their faith. (NIV)
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What Is Expected of Members?
 To share the responsibility of your church
… by praying for its growth
• 1 Thessalonians. 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you
all, making mention of you in our prayers; (KJV)
… by inviting the unchurched to attend
• Luke 14:23 "Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filled’.” (NKJV)
… by warmly welcoming those who visit
• Romans 15:7 So warmly welcome each other into the
church, just as Christ has warmly welcomed you; then God
will be glorified. (LB)
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What Is Expected of Members?
 To serve the ministry of your church
… by discovering your spiritual gifts & talents
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1 Peter 4:10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received
to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its
various forms. (NIV)
• by being equipped to serve
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Ephesians 4:11-12 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some
to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors
and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so
that the body of Christ may be built up (NIV)
… by developing a servant’s heart
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Philippians 2:4-7 Each of you should look not only to your own
interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude
should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very
nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be
grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human likeness. (NIV)
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What Is Expected of Members?
 To support the testimony of your church
… by attending faithfully
• Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as
some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one
another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
(NIV)
… by living a godly life
• Philippians 1:27a Whatever happens, conduct yourselves
in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. (NIV)
… by giving regularly
• 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each one
of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his
income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will
have to be made. (NIV)
Leviticus 27:30 "'A tithe of everything from the land,
whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs
to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. (NIV)
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What Is Expected of Members?
 What’s next?
 If you haven’t been saved- Please talk with
me asap or someone else that can show you
from the scriptures how to do so
 If you are interested in membership come
forward during an invitation
 If you want to be baptized we will be thrilled
to talk with you about that
 If you have any further questions – please
let me know
Wooton First Baptist Church
Exploring Church Membership
There is room for you here!
Wooton First Baptist Church