I’ve attended non-denominational churches for many years. The ones I have been at spurn the concept of church membership. (we are members of the body of Christ instead.
That said, I had the pleasure of being asked to promote an organization that I belong to at the Southern Baptist annual meeting a few years ago.
An older lady was asking about our group and said she was a member of the WBA or some acronym group. I looked at her with a blank stare that indicated I had no idea what the group was. She said “You’re not Baptist are you?”
When I said No, she did a quick 180 and walked away.
I thought it was pretty funny. One think I’ve noticed is that some Baptists seem to be Baptist first and Christian second.
Having little involvement with denominational churches, the concept is very foreign to me.
That said, if I were to move on, a Baptist church would be on my list of churches to check out.
Wondering how these churches conduct business. Can anyone walk in and say “I'm a member if the Body of Christ, here's my budget proposal for next year”, or is there some kind of regular attendance requirement?