Local Church Membership Our Individual Responsibility in the Local Church Local Congregations are prominent in the New Testament 1Cor 1:2; 1Thess 1:1;

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Local Church Membership Our Individual Responsibility in the Local Church Local Congregations are prominent in the New Testament 1Cor 1:2; 1Thess 1:1; Rev 1:4; Acts 2:46-47; 11:26

Should I Be a Member of a Local Church? Saul was (Acts 9:26-28) Peter was (1Peter 5:1) To benefit from each other –Acts 2:41-42 To admonish and be admonished –Hebrews 10:23-25

Should I Be a Member of a Local Church? Church discipline –Heb 12:6; 1Cor 5:5; Mt 18:17 Responsible for promoting unity –1Cor 1:10 That every Christian join himself to a local church

Blessings of Local Church Membership Fellowship in Worship –Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; 1Cor 11:26; Rom 11:2-4 Fellowship in Work –Working together for Christ Blessings of Brotherly Love –2Tim 4:1-2; Prov 27:5; Col 2:2; John 13:34-35

Local Church Membership is Our Responsibility “from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” Ephesians 4:16 Ready to do some exhorting?