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Becoming a member of a church is an important part of the Christian life. Yet, the trend these days is one of shunning the practice of organized religion and showing a distaste or fear of commitment, especially of institutions. In Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus, Jonathan Leeman addresses these issues with a straightforward explanation of what church membership is and...

word church to identify themselves in their life together. The individuals belong to something larger and corporate. 4) Christians possess a special power and corporate identity when formally assembled. Paul writes of when the Corinthian church is “assembled … and the power of our Lord Jesus is present” (1 Cor. 5:4). Later in the letter he refers to when they “come together as a church” (1 Cor. 11:18), as if they are somehow more “a church” when together than apart. This gathered assembly, it seems,
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