Loading…

I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference is unavailable, but you can change that!

Best-selling author and ministry leader Thom S. Rainer drew an exceptional response when he posted a 500-word declaration about church membership to his daily blog. "I Am a Church Member" started a conversation about the attitudes and responsibilities of church members -- rather than the functional and theological issues -- that previous new member primers all but ignored. Thoughtfully...

You have a responsibility as a church member. You are to be a source of unity. You are never to be a divisive force. You are to love your fellow church members unconditionally. And while that doesn’t mean you agree with everyone all the time, it does mean you are willing to sacrifice your own preferences to keep unity in your church. But we will get to that issue of preferences later. For now the issue is unity. For when we seek unity, we demonstrate love. Look at Paul’s words one more time, this