How we process applications for membership

How does your church welcome new members? What process do you employ in order to determine who can and should join? Here is what we

The search for authenticity

One of the moves in the modern evangelical church is towards an increasing sense of authenticity. It is hard to argue with the desire for

The kind of church we all want

I was preaching out at one of our partner churches yesterday. It was great to be able to spend a bit of time with them

Why serving before belonging is a bad idea

There is a fairly widespread approach that wants to welcome people into church life before the have actually committed in membership to the church. Some

Are we whatever we are or however we identify?

I saw the following video a couple of days ago in The Guardian. It concerns a woman who appears white but, in part due to

Unless you lead a legit house church, can we stop baptising people in the bath?

I mean, yes, I know its fun. And yes, I know it makes us feel all frontline missionary and that. But can we just agree

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