At the Vineyard we place a high value on membership.  There are plenty of folks in our church who aren’t members, and they are welcomed and encouraged to engage in almost every level of our fellowship.  However, there are many who have chosen to publicly display their commitment to this church, and have covenanted to serve and be served by this church.

Membership is a biblical concept.  Scripture discusses leadership models in the church, and if there were not a public identification of those who were a part of that church, structured leadership would be impossible.  However, we are not given details about how that is to be carried out,  so we have prayerfully and thoughtfully established a model that is both simple and clear.

We ask new members to sign a covenant of membership, which you will find below.  It does not in anyway represent a higher standard than biblical Christianity.  Instead, it serves as a summary of what standard biblical Christianity should look like.  By signing the covenant, members agree to nothing more than they have agreed to do as followers of Jesus.  However, they are specifying that they will carry those biblical principles out within the community of this church.

We do ask that each person attend a two-part class during which we discuss our Statement of Faith (also below) and the requirements of membership.  That class is offered intermittenly, and is announced several weeks in advance at each of our Sunday services.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

To download our Membership Covenant, Requirements for Membership, and our Statement of Faith, click the link below:

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