Church membership is about relationship. It’s not about a name on a list, or a vote at a meeting or a detached and empty assurance that you’re ‘in’. Membership is about relationship – with God and with our brothers and sisters. A profound inter-connectedness – seeking God together, serving and growing together, sharing pain and joy together.
At Hillview, we want to embrace this as a precious and beautiful reality. To that end, our understanding of membership is rooted around this short but significant membership covenant:
Church Membership Covenant
Trusting in Jesus Christ as our Saviour and Lord, we affirm the following covenant relationship with our Father in heaven and our brothers and sisters in Christ.
With the Holy Spirit’s enabling we will…
Gather
We will make it a priority to gather together. This goes deeper than just Sundays.
We’ll endeavour to open our lives and be available to each other.
Pray
We will embrace the privilege of bringing our prayers – individually and
together – before our Father in heaven, in the knowledge that
He only gives good gifts to His children.
Care
We will love one another, weeping with those who weep and rejoicing with
those who rejoice. We will put others’ needs before our own.
Give
God has given us so much, so we will be a generous people. With time, with abilities, with finance;
we will give to God through the life of this local church.
Serve
God has given each of us a unique role to play in His work.
We will seek to find out what that is and join Him in His work.
Submit
We will submit to God and the Scriptures. As they also do that, we will respect the leadership of the Elders.
As brothers and sisters, we will submit to each other in love.
Interested to find out more about membership of Hillview Community Church? Contact us.
