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Smart Christians Need to Think Carefully Before Joining a Church With a Membership Covenant Which Is a Legal Contract.

Posted on Mon Sep 11, 2023 by deeSeptember 11, 2023avatar
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There are so many problems with membership contract and so many pastors who like to have legal authority over you. Be smart!

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See Calvary Free Church Leadership in Rochester, MN, Selling Covenant(Contract) Membership By Not Telling the Whole Story.

Posted on Wed Feb 08, 2023 by deeFebruary 8, 2023avatar

Mark Dever and 9 Marx? As Tolkien said: “Never laugh at live dragons.”

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Chapel Hill Bible Church Should Hire a Warg* to Protect the GRACE Report From the Eyes of the “Unaffirmed” Membership.

Posted on Mon Nov 14, 2022 by deeNovember 14, 2022avatar

PBC, COTA, CHBC, HCC: These failures led us to a decent church. In the 80s, we loved CHBC. So what happened in the 10s?

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Churches That Control Will Be Ghosted. PS: Don’t Sign Membership (Contracts) Covenants.

Posted on Fri Nov 11, 2022 by deeNovember 11, 2022avatar

How do authoritarians deal with ghosting?

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Chapel Hill Bible Church Will Not Release the Entire G.R.A.C.E Report to the Membership in Order to Protect the Staff. Then, There’s the Racism Thing…

Posted on Wed Mar 02, 2022 by deeMarch 2, 2022avatar

Chapel HIll Bible Church played many roles in my life. One was learning when it was time to leave and seek something more life-giving.

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Is Covenantal Membership Just Another Way to Become a Member of a Borg Collective?

Posted on Sat Nov 13, 2021 by deeNovember 13, 2021avatar

It’s what they don’t say that is the problem.

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9 Marks Finally Admits Membership *Covenants” Are Legal Documents. We Told You So! Caveat Emptor!

Posted on Wed Jul 07, 2021 by deeJuly 7, 2021avatar

Membership covenants are merely contracts. Never sign one.

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[ updated]The SBC Continues to Fund More Church Plants While Experiencing Quickly Declining Membership/Baptisms. Sounds Like a Poor Investment.

Posted on Mon May 24, 2021 by deeMay 25, 2021avatar

Build the young people, not more buildings.

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Joe Carter of The Gospel Coalition, With the Help of Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks, Plans to Stop Church Membership Decline in the US By Requiring Church Membership!

Posted on Mon Apr 19, 2021 by deeApril 19, 2021avatar

Be careful of those who want to change the world. They usually mean you, not them.

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Part 2: The Brooklyn Tabernacle: Questions on Membership, Finances and a Remembrance of Roberta Langella

Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2021 by deeMarch 13, 2021avatar

So why won’t Jim Cymbala and the overseers (whoever they are) at The Brooklyn Tabernacle answer some simple questions?

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Membership Covenants: When Church Leaders Don’t Allow Members to Leave Freely, They Are All About Ego and Control

Posted on Fri Feb 05, 2021 by deeFebruary 5, 2021avatar

Why do churches seek to control members who wish to leave and who, after being burned, do not want to join a church immediately

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Mark Dever (9 Marks) Refuses to Post Sermons/Services During the Pandemic Because It’s Against His Rules for Covenant Membership

Posted on Wed Mar 25, 2020 by deeMarch 25, 2020avatar

The pandemic exposes Pharisaical tendencies in 9 Marks.

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Matt Chandler Proves That the Membership Covenant Is a Legal Document.

Posted on Thu Jun 13, 2019 by deeJune 13, 2019avatar

Matt Chandler proves that the membership covenant is a legal document. Folks, do not sign these things.

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Is Mark Dever’s View on Church Membership More Painful Than a Root Canal?

Posted on Fri Dec 21, 2018 by deeDecember 21, 2018avatar

Mark Dever and his keys to the kingdom *rules* for church membership and the assurance of salvation.

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Further Proof You are Signing a Legal Contract Not A Membership Covenant: Courtesy of The Gospel Coalition

Posted on Mon Sep 03, 2018 by deeSeptember 3, 2018avatar

What your church won’t tell you. How to get our of a church contract. Never forget….you hold the power, not your celebrity pastor.

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Is Covenant Life Church Changing Its Name and Asking Congregants to Reaffirm Their Membership?

Posted on Fri Feb 23, 2018 by debFebruary 25, 2018avatar

CLC just filed for a new trademark (Christ Church Metro) and has made a special request of congregants

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First Baptist Church Sapulpa Celebrates Christmas By Embracing 9 Marks and Cancelling the Membership of the Elderly and Those Who Don’t Give Money

Posted on Wed Dec 27, 2017 by deeDecember 27, 2017avatar

You are old and cannot come to church. Therefore, you are removed from the church roles and are now under discipline.

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Thom Rainer on Church Membership Decline and My Defense of Church Power Groups

Posted on Wed Aug 02, 2017 by deeAugust 2, 2017avatar

So, only church members are malevolent?

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Church Membership Covenants – Legal Contracts that are NOT Biblical!

Posted on Wed Apr 19, 2017 by debApril 21, 2017avatar

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Church Membership Covenants – Legal Contracts that are NOT Biblical!

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"But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,  or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.  And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or … Continue reading →

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