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I am a church member
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Functioning
Unifying
Selfless
Healthy
Gift
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Functioning
Unifying
Selfless
Healthy
Gift
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Tale of the Two
Michael
perseveres
different kind of member
Liam
disengaged
decides to leave
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membership means…Church Membership Stats
Builders Millenials Other
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membership means…
We are all necessary parts of the whole
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
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membership means…
We are all different but we all Work Together
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membership means…
Our actions and speech are based on Christ’s Love
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membership means…
Church membership is Functioning Membership
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I am a church member
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Functioning
Unifying
Selfless
Healthy
Gift
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membership means…
Being Known by Your Love for One Another: John 13:31-35
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membership means…
Avoiding Gossip and Negative Talk: Romans 1:29-31
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membership means…
Forgiving: Matthew 6:14-15
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membership means…
Church membership is United: John 17
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I am a church member
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Functioning
Unifying
Selfless
Healthy
Gift
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membership means…
Service Focused: Mark 9:35
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membership means…
Refusing to be Inwardly Focused:
Worship WarsProlonged Minutia MeetingsFacility FocusProgram DrivenInwardly Focused Budget
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membership means…
Refusing to be Inwardly Focused:
Attitudes of Entitlement Greater Concern for Change than the GospelAnger HostilityEvangelistic Indifference
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membership means…
Desiring the Mind of Christ : Philippians 2:5-11
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membership means…
Understanding that the Church is not about My Preferences and Desires
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Functioning
Unifying
Selfless
Healthy
Gift
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membership means…
Praying Together as a Family for the Church for:
Spiritual ProtectionProtection from Moral DecayCourage to tell the Good NewsThe Families of the Church
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membership means…
Praying Together as a Family for the Church for:
EncouragementPhysical StrengthPositivityDiscernment and Wisdom in Direction and
Leadership
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membership means…
Worshiping Together as a Family:
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membership means…
Falling Deeply in Love with the Bride of Christ:
As a Church Member, I am not:
merely to like the churchmerely to serve the church
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membership means…
As a Church Member, I am to fall deeply in love with the church.
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I am a church member
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Functioning
Unifying
Selfless
Healthy
Gift
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I will Treasure Church Membership as…A Gift Received through Salvation
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I will Treasure Church Membership as…A Gift Necessary to Cosmic Renewal
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I will Treasure Church Membership as…A Gift to be Appreciated and Enjoyed
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Church Membership is to be: Spirit-Filled…Christ-Focused… Functioning… Unifying… Selfless Body… which Grows in Health as it Reaches Out and Up in
Love…Only when this is realized will membership really live up to its potential and be a Gift… Only then will it truly take part in Restoring God’s Peace.