There are three (3)
ways in which persons may be admitted as members to the Baptist
Church. After the sermon, the Worship Leader "opens the doors of the
Church". It is at this time one comes forth publicly by one of
the following three modes of admission:
BY BAPTISM
A person may be
admitted to the Church on a profession of faith in Christ, by
baptism. He/she makes known their desire for baptism and union with
the Church to the Deacons. Baptism is by water, with total
immersion. Baptism declares one dead to the world and sin, buried,
and raised up to newness of life through the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead.
BY LETTER
Members often move
from the vicinity of the Church with which they have united. Then
it becomes their duty, and should be their desire to connect
themselves with another Church. If the potential member's former
Church is within a 30-mile radius of Macedonia, a letter of
commendation and dismission should be obtained from the Church in
which the person wishes to transfer from so that the membership may
be properly transferred.
ON CHRISTIAN
EXPERIENCE
It sometimes
happens that persons who have been Baptized, desires to unite with
another Church. They bring no letters, nor are they rebaptized.
If their home church is located more than thirty miles they may join
by an implied account of their conversion and Christian life.
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Once at the altar, a Decision Record must be completed.
Our New Members ministry will contact you with further instructions
on the process you must complete in order to become a member of
Macedonia.
