This is the first part of our introduction to church membership. When we commit our lives to Jesus, we become part of the worldwide Church. We become Christians individually, but as Christians we belong together. God's plan is to build his Church which is made up of Christians bound together in love and commitment. Authority in the Baptist church is based in the church meeting, where all church members come together to seek the mind of Christ for the church.
Baptist churches associate together for fellowship, worship and mission.
Our church belongs to the Merseyside District of the North Western Baptist Association. We also belong to the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Evangelical Alliance. Baptists share the same faith as other Christians. We express our membership of the worldwide Church by being a member of a local church. To have this organic belonging together we need to identify with one particular church.