Membership
Myrtle Beach Assembly of God
What it means to be a member

1) I will protect the unity of my church, Myrtle Beach Assembly of God...

...by acting in love toward other members.

1 Peter 1:22 - Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleaned
from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other
intensely with all your hearts

...by building intentional relationships.

Hebrews 10:24 - And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Myrtle Beach A/G is a place of loyalty and compassion, commitment and caring, prayer and mutual sacrifice. It's
a supportive little platoon in which people can share their lives with each other, expose their faults and fears, seek
counsel and encouragement, hold each other accountable, grow together spiritually, and give and receive love of
another kind.

... by refusing to gossip.
Ephesians 4:29 - Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building
others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

...by following the leaders.
Hebrews 13:17 - Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must
give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.

2) I will share the responsibility of my church...

...by praying for its ministries.
1 Thessalonians 1:2 - The the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; Grace
and peace to you. We always that God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember
before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance
inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ

...by warmly welcoming those who visit.
Romans 15:7 - Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

...by inviting the unchurched to attend.
Luke 14:16-23 - A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time if the banquet
he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, "Come, for everything in now ready." But they alike began
to make excuses. The first said, "I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me." Another
said, "I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on  my way to try them out. Please excuse me." Still another
said, "I just got married so I can't come." The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner
of the house became angry and ordered his servant, "Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and
bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame." "Sir," the servant said,"What you ordered has been done,
but there is still room." Then the master told his servant, "Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them
come in, so that my house will be full."

3) I will serve the ministry of my church...

...by discovering my gifts and talents.
I Peter 4:10 - Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's
grace in its various forms.

...by being equipped to serve by my pastors
Eph. 4:11-12 - And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors
and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

...by developing a servant's heart.
Phil 2:3-7 - Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than
yourselves, Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude
should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human
likeness.

4) I will support the testimony of my church...

...by attending faithfully.
Hebrews 10:25 - And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not
give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another -- and all the more
as you see the day approaching.

...by giving regularly.
1 Corinthians 16:2 - On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping
with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

...by living a godly life.
Philippians 1:27 - Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. .Then,
whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit,
contending as one man for the family of the gospel.

Fundamentally, we're supposed to be Christ's bondservants who will do whatever we can to advance his
kingdom, who will invest our resources and time in His church, who will get under the heavy end of the log and
help lift it. Not to the point of self-abuse and unhealthiness, but as humble and committed servants of Christ.

When there are Christians who are deploying their spiritual gifts and who are sacrificing out of a servant mind set,
and when there are no restrictions by gender or race, that's when there's a cohesive unity of purpose within the
church. That's when an audience turns into a powerful, organized army!

Hebrews 3:12,13 - See to it brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the
living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by
sin's deceitfulness.
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