Is Church Membership a Requirement?

Some say church membership is unnecessary. Some say it is unbiblical. What does the Bible say? In this booklet, John looks at what the Bible has to say about the necessity of church membership. ......

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7. I have heard this verse a hundred different times as many of us have and in each time I read the verse or heard the verse preached, it was mentioned as a positive, an encouragement, to uplift. But this verse use to burden me and make me question... “Have I truly kept the faith?”Oh God, I have been faith...

When I was in elementary school, I remember visiting a small church in my hometown. I don’t recall what brought me there- whether a friend or an event- but I do remember what I saw there. Sitting in a classroom with other kids my age, eyes glued to a Bible story on the television, my jaw dropped. A disembodied hand crashed a party and started writing on the wall in what I was absolutely certain wa...