Becoming a member here isn’t difficult at all. We just ask you to do three things:
First off, it is most important that you are personally confident that you have received Christ as your Savior through faith (2 Cor 6:14-18). If you are confident of that fact, next you need to be baptized, if you have not already done so. We would be happy to baptize you if you choose to do so; this would be joining the church by baptism (see below). If you are in a relationship with Christ and have been baptized, then all you need to do is come forward during an invitation (the last song right after the message, towards the end of the service) and tell the pastor that you want to join the church. He will take care of the rest. If you are currently a member of another church or have been a member of another church, joining our church would be considered a transfer of membership (see below). Most people will be joining the church by transfer of membership or by baptism, however occasionally someone will be saved and have already been baptized, but either the church that they belonged to is no longer in existence or some other reason exists that prevents us from contacting their former church. In this event we would allow them to join by statement of faith(see below). That is that they would affirm that they are saved and have been baptized by immersion by a church of like faith.
By Baptism- Jesus Christ was Himself baptized, and He taught us that baptism is a way in which we can publicly profess that we have accepted him as our Savior. Baptism symbolically represents the transformation that has taken place in our lives through our personal faith in Christ. Baptism is really the first step of obedience we take in our spiritual life. Because of the importance of this decision we require everyone to be baptized before they can be accepted as a member.
By Transfer of Membership- After you have spoken to the pastors about church membership, our church clerk will mail your previous church a letter stating your desire to join our fellowship. Your former church will then take you off of their membership list, and you will be added onto our membership list.
By Statement of Faith- A person joining the church by this means would be affirming that they are in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and that they have been baptized by a church of like faith.