Why Membership

We place a high value on membership at the Vineyard.  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 made a covenant 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 a particular 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.

Membership at the Vineyard

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 out those biblical principles within the community of Maryville Vineyard.

We do ask that each person attend a four-part class during which we discuss our Statement of Faith (also below) and the requirements of membership. 

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

Downloads

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

Vineyard Membership Packet