Gateway Baptist Church
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Membership

 
Becoming a member at Gateway means that you are becoming a part of our spiritual family and are joining us on the most important and exciting mission you will ever take.
 
Gateway's next membership class will be:
  • When:   Call (803) 732-0590 for the next date (Sunday Evening 5:30 PM) - a meal will be served.
  • Where:  Worship Center
Why do you need a spiritual family?
  1. You need healthy relationships.
"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work.  If one falls down, his friend can help him up.  But pity the one who falls and has no one to help him up!" - Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
  1. You need a place where you can use your gifts.
"Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you ..." - 1 Timothy 4:14
  1.   You need a place where you can grow.
"They joined with the other believers and devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, sharing in the breaking of bread and prayer." - Acts 2:42
  1. You need to belong to something bigger than yourself.
"Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." - Romans 12:4-5
 
"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another ..." - Hebrews 10:25
 
What are the personal requirements for membership at Gateway?
  1. Salvation - a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
  2. Baptism - believers baptism by immersion.
  3. We highly encourage the commitment to our Big Three:
    1. Engaging in corporate worship.
    2. Experiencing LIFE in a small group (LIFEgroup).
    3. Serving in a ministry area.
What are the steps in Gateway's membership process?
  1. Sign-up for the membership class:
Sign-up online by clicking here.
Or, send email to info@gatewaybc.com.
Or, call the church office at (803) 732-0590.
  1. Attend the membership class.
  2. Sign the membership covenant.