Local Church Membership Matters
Local church membership is the necessary outward expression of the universal Church, gospel fidelity, and a commitment to our communal faith.
Local church membership is the necessary outward expression of the universal Church, gospel fidelity, and a commitment to our communal faith.
Whenever we describe what our church is—from language to culture and worship styles—we must never forget whose the church is.
We must be hospitable, showing love to the stranger. But this doesn’t mean the church must blindly trust everyone or believe every story.
Long before questions about restoration, when a pastor commits disqualifying sin we’re left with many hard decisions.
John shares both the tremendous potential for pastoral sabbaticals and some of the mistakes he made to undermine those possibilities.