Roman 12:4-5
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”
(Romans 12:4-5)
GBC sees formal membership as something deep and meaningful and clearly rooted in God’s Word. The local church is a covenant community, committed to loving one another, and spurring one another on to loving, serving, and honoring God. The local church is a family in the best sense of the word. Members are those who have been recognized and received into membership as having been adopted into God’s family through saving faith in Christ. Each member, as part of this family, is committed to Christ, one another, and to sound doctrine.