Your 7 Job Responsibilities as a Church Member
Jonathan Leeman Did you know, ordinary church member, that Jesus has given you a job? Your elders have a special office, to be sure, but so do you. So if Jesus’s discipleship program gives every single member a job, what responsibilities come with this job? There are at least seven.
5 Things to Look for in a Church
R.C. Sproul, Jr. First, that it be a church. The Reformers argued that there are three distinguishing marks of the church—the Word, sacraments, and discipline. That means your campus ministry isn’t the church; your podcasts are not the church; your family sitting around the table is not the church...
A Pastor's Reflection: The Benefits of Membership
VFT Are some people more special than others? As the pastor, to whom do you owe your time? These are important questions because you will have people pulling on your calendar and schedule and you’ll have to decide to whom, among the many people you encounter, you should give your time...
Something Rotten in the Local Church
Lore Ferguson Wilbert In the midst of conflict within the local church the first thing we need to understand is that we are never promised a clean, unspotted, unblemished church...