*If you are a baptized believer of Jesus Christ, who HAS previously signed a Restoration Community Church Covenant Membership and believe the Lord is still calling you to be part of this local body of believers for 2021, please print your name on the top line, sign and date on the bottom, and submit.
*If you are a baptized believer of Jesus Christ who has completed our Starting Point class but has NOT previously signed a Restoration Community Church covenant membership, yet feel the Lord is calling you to be part of this local body of believers for 2021, please read and pray over this covenant, fill out the information below, and submit. (***Each family member must fill out their own Covenant.)
*If you are a baptized believer of Jesus Christ, who is sensing a call to Restoration Community Church but has not yet completed our Starting Point class, then your next step is to fill out the Membership Questionnaire below and a meeting with an elder of Restoration will be set up.
(Go to Membership Questionnaire)
*If you have been attending/visiting Restoration but simply are not sure about making a commitment, please know you are loved and we strongly desire your continued participation in worship at Restoration!
As a baptized believer in Jesus Christ saved by His Grace through faith, seek to be a member of the local body at Restoration Community Church and covenant with this local body and myself that:
• I will not be divisive to its teaching. I also understand the importance of submission to church leadership and will be diligent to preserve unity and peace (Eph. 4:1-3; Heb. 13:7, 17).
• I will submit to the authority of Scripture as the final arbiter on all issues (Ps. 119; 2 Tim. 3:16-17).
• I will maintain a close relationship with the Lord Jesus through regular Bible reading, prayer, fellowship, and practice of spiritual disciplines. My relationship will be evident through my regular participation in worship services, service to others and the church, participation in a Community Group when my schedule allows, and a life that glorifies Jesus (Ps. 105:1-2; Gal. 5:22-26; Ps. 119:97; Acts 2:42-47; Heb. 10:23-25; 2 Peter 1:3).
• I will rejoice at each other’s happiness and endeavor with tenderness and sympathy to bear each other’s burdens and sorrows. (Eph. 4:1-7, Gal. 6:1-3, 1 Peter 4:10)
• I will be a missionary to the community around me by being intentional in forming relationships with people far from God whose life intersects with mine to assist in spreading the Gospel of Christ (Col 4:5-6).
• I will steward the resources God has given me, including my time, talents, and treasure (Prov. 3:9- 10; Rom. 12:1-2; Eph. 4:1-16; 5:15-18). This includes regular financial giving, service, and participation in community that is sacrificial, cheerful, and voluntary (Rom. 12:1-8; 2 Cor. 8:2-9; 9:6-7: 12:7-21; 1 Peter 4:10-11).
• I will submit to instruction by God through his Holy Spirit, to follow biblical procedures for church discipline in my relationships with brothers and sisters in Christ, to submit to righteous instruction when approached biblically by brothers and sisters in Christ, and to submit to discipline by church leadership if the need should ever arise. I understand that the goal of biblical discipline is teaching and restoration between God and myself. (Ps. 141:5; Matt. 18:15-17; 1 Cor. 5:1-5; 2 Cor. 2:5-8; Gal. 6:1-5 8; 1 Tim. 5:20; 2 Tim. 2:25; Titus 1:9; 3:10-11; Heb. 12:5-11).
