Overview
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To answer the question of whether baptism is required for church membership, Going Public seeks to rebuild ecclesiological foundations, digging deep into the Bibleās teaching on baptism, the Lordās Supper, and church membership. Bobby Jamieson describes how baptism and the Lordās Supper transform a scattered group of Christians into a gathered local church. It traces the trajectory of a churchās birth, how gospel people form a gospel polity.
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Baptism is where faith goes public. It is the initiating oath-sign of the new covenant. It is the passport of Christās kingdom and a kingdom citizenās swearing-in. The Lordās Supper is the renewing oath-sign of the new covenant, a corporate act of fellowship with Christ that binds the church into one body. Baptism confers church membership and the Lordās Supper confirms it. Baptism confers membership; the Lordās Supper renews it. So baptism is required for church membership like vows are required for marriage. Ā
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After building and summarizing this positive theological case for why baptism is required for church membership, the book answers objections, poses challenges to the open membership view, and applies this theological vision to the local churchās practice of baptism, the Lordās Supper, and church membership.
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Why is baptism required for church membership? Because church membership is a public affirmation of someoneās public profession of faith in Christ, and Jesus has appointed baptism as the means by which his followers publicly profess their faith in him. Why does this question matter? Because removing baptism from membership erases the line Jesus himself has drawn between the church and the world.
This book title, Going Public (Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership), ISBN: 9781433686207, by Bobby Jamieson, published by B&H Publishing Group (July 1, 2015) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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