Distinct!

Regenerate Church Membership & The Ordinances of the Church

Opening Group Discussion:

What questions, if any, whould pastors ask a person before presenting him or her to the congregation for membership?

I.  Regenerate Church Membership

     A.  Defined:  Local congregations should only accept as members those who give clear evidence of being born again.

     B.  Biblical Teaching on the Doctrine

     C.  Brief History of the Doctrine

     D.  The Decline of Regenerate Church Membership within Baptist Churches

II.  The Ordinances of the Church

     A.  Sacraments versus Ordinances

     B.  Believers Baptism

          1.  Biblical Foundation

          2.  Meaning and Mode of Baptism

     C.  The Lord's Supper

          1.  Biblical Foundation

          2.  Divine Presence and the Lord's Supper

          3.  Participation in the Lord's Supper

Closing Group Discussion:

How does participating in the two ordinances of the church serve to increase our faith and encourage us as believers?