"All In" At All Church
A joyful commitment to God's people
What is Church Membership?
Being a member at All Church rests on one thing: you understand and believe the gospel.
With membership comes the joyful call to play an active role in the church. Church membership is not like joining a club or an organization. Membership is not about being on a list to receive something from the church. Membership is about committing your life to Jesus and identifying yourself with a local gathering of believers. By doing this, we have ownership and partnership with the other members of All Church to faithfully work out the great commission in our city as we pursue Jesus alongside one another.
With membership comes the joyful call to play an active role in the church. Church membership is not like joining a club or an organization. Membership is not about being on a list to receive something from the church. Membership is about committing your life to Jesus and identifying yourself with a local gathering of believers. By doing this, we have ownership and partnership with the other members of All Church to faithfully work out the great commission in our city as we pursue Jesus alongside one another.
Starting Point
We offer our Starting Point classes on a regular basis. If you are interested in becoming a member, join us for our next upcoming class. This is where we will cover the beliefs and leadership of All Church as well as discuss what responsibilities come with being "All In." If you have questions you want answered prior to the class please reach out!
WHAT WE BELIEVE
If you are interested in reading our Values, Vision, and Statement of Faith prior to attending Starting Point, you can hit the button below to download the document for yourself. We will cover everything at Starting Point and provide you with space to ask any clarifying questions.
The Membership Process
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Attend Starting Point
We invite everyone to belong to the family of God here at All Church. The first step towards membership is to attend a Starting Point class to learn about the church. This is where you will learn about our history, vision, mission, governance, specific beliefs, and about what it means to be All In.
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Request Membership
After you attend Starting Point you can request membership through the form below. This is also a good time to slow down and have any questions answered that you may still have about the Christian faith, All Church, and/or membership.
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Sign the Commitment
If you desire to move forward with the membership process we will then send you the "All In Commitment" to sign and return. This is a commitment that we ask our members to make. We believe that the gospel comes with life-changing implications. It is your commitment that will hold you accountable to move from consumer to contributor as you passionately pursue Jesus here at All Church.
Request Membership
If you have been through a Starting Point class and would like to request membership, please click the button below and fill out the form.
Membership FAQ's
Why is church membership important to All Church?
Is church membership taught in the Bible?
Membership at All Church springs from a love for God and for His people, the local church.
We desire to see God’s people grow in their love of God, their knowledge of God, and their obedience to God. The joy of knowing Christ and growing in your faith is a call to belong to God’s people. We then commit to pursue Jesus alongside one another as we help each other along the way. The commitment to membership is a commitment to God’s Church so that you might experience the blessing of belonging to a local church and be a blessing to your brothers and sisters here at All Church.
We desire to see God’s people grow in their love of God, their knowledge of God, and their obedience to God. The joy of knowing Christ and growing in your faith is a call to belong to God’s people. We then commit to pursue Jesus alongside one another as we help each other along the way. The commitment to membership is a commitment to God’s Church so that you might experience the blessing of belonging to a local church and be a blessing to your brothers and sisters here at All Church.
You will not find the word "membership" in the bible, but that does not mean the wise concept of membership is not present throughout the scriptures. You will also not find the word "trinity" in the bible, but that doesn't mean that the bible is silent on the matter of our triune God.
The concept of membership is a pastoral desire to be able to identify the people of God from within the Sunday morning crowd. Not everyone who shows up on Sundays is a believer, and we LOVE that that is the case. However, in order to best care for the flock that God has entrusted to us, we want to know who those people are that make up the church here at All Church. Membership is about identifying, equipping, and caring for the family of God that has been gathered at our local church.
Throughout the New Testament you see that the Lord "added to their number day by day..." implying that they were aware of who made up the church and who did not. All throughout the epistles we see that Paul wrote to the churches confident that they were "saints". At times there were those who evidenced themselves to not be christians and so he told the Corinthian church to remove that man from among them (1 Cor 5:1-2). How could he be formally removed unless he was formally recognized? The church knew who belonged to Christ and who did not. We too desire to have this awareness at All Church to be able to better care for everyone who attends our gatherings.
For more information listen to Week 3 in our "Family Matters" series where Pastor Andy preaches on the topic of biblical church membership.
Acts 2:37-28, 6:1-3, 8:3, 11:22, 11:26, 12:1, 12:5, 14:27, 20:28; 1 Cor 1:2, 5:1-2; 2 Cor 1:1; Gal 1:2, Heb 10:24-25, 13:17
The concept of membership is a pastoral desire to be able to identify the people of God from within the Sunday morning crowd. Not everyone who shows up on Sundays is a believer, and we LOVE that that is the case. However, in order to best care for the flock that God has entrusted to us, we want to know who those people are that make up the church here at All Church. Membership is about identifying, equipping, and caring for the family of God that has been gathered at our local church.
Throughout the New Testament you see that the Lord "added to their number day by day..." implying that they were aware of who made up the church and who did not. All throughout the epistles we see that Paul wrote to the churches confident that they were "saints". At times there were those who evidenced themselves to not be christians and so he told the Corinthian church to remove that man from among them (1 Cor 5:1-2). How could he be formally removed unless he was formally recognized? The church knew who belonged to Christ and who did not. We too desire to have this awareness at All Church to be able to better care for everyone who attends our gatherings.
For more information listen to Week 3 in our "Family Matters" series where Pastor Andy preaches on the topic of biblical church membership.
Acts 2:37-28, 6:1-3, 8:3, 11:22, 11:26, 12:1, 12:5, 14:27, 20:28; 1 Cor 1:2, 5:1-2; 2 Cor 1:1; Gal 1:2, Heb 10:24-25, 13:17
Can anyone become a member of All Church?
Isn't church membership exclusive?
Only those who have truly committed their lives to Jesus Christ can be a member.
The only requirement we place upon our membership is the requirement that Christ places on belonging to His Church, repentance and faith. This is because the church is not a building, it is a redeemed people. The church of God is the bride of Christ! The bride for whom Christ spilt his blood out of love so that we might be in relationship with him. This heavenly bride of Christ, the Church, is exclusively made up of those who have repented of their sins and trusted in Christ as their Savior. So too, the members of this local gathering of Christ's bride will be held to the same eternal-life-bringing freely-given requirement.
So although we invite everyone into membership, we must first invite them to place faith in Christ. One must be a Christian in order to be a member of a local church.
The only requirement we place upon our membership is the requirement that Christ places on belonging to His Church, repentance and faith. This is because the church is not a building, it is a redeemed people. The church of God is the bride of Christ! The bride for whom Christ spilt his blood out of love so that we might be in relationship with him. This heavenly bride of Christ, the Church, is exclusively made up of those who have repented of their sins and trusted in Christ as their Savior. So too, the members of this local gathering of Christ's bride will be held to the same eternal-life-bringing freely-given requirement.
So although we invite everyone into membership, we must first invite them to place faith in Christ. One must be a Christian in order to be a member of a local church.
Building off the answer to the previous question, "Can anyone be a member?" we come to the conclusion that yes, membership is exclusive. It is reserved for those who have repented of their sins, trusted in Christ, and so found salvation in Him.
Here is why this matters: The local church is not a club or service provider. The local church is a shining embassy or an outpost.
An embassy is an institution that represents one nation inside another nation. It declares its home nation’s interests to the host nation and it protects the citizens of the home nation living in the host nation. We must identify those who belong to our Father and usher them toward our heavenly home. So, the distinction between whether one is a member or not is done with a pastoral heart that is trying to care for both groups of people, member and non-member, better. If a member, we know that this person is to be treated as a heavenly citizen and cared for as the bible calls us to care for our brothers and sisters. If not a member, we know that this person may need to be ushered to Christ before they are ushered into the church.
Here is why this matters: The local church is not a club or service provider. The local church is a shining embassy or an outpost.
An embassy is an institution that represents one nation inside another nation. It declares its home nation’s interests to the host nation and it protects the citizens of the home nation living in the host nation. We must identify those who belong to our Father and usher them toward our heavenly home. So, the distinction between whether one is a member or not is done with a pastoral heart that is trying to care for both groups of people, member and non-member, better. If a member, we know that this person is to be treated as a heavenly citizen and cared for as the bible calls us to care for our brothers and sisters. If not a member, we know that this person may need to be ushered to Christ before they are ushered into the church.