Ask away.
You really weren’t looking for guidance on which church to choose to attend. You already had a pretty complete idea what you were looking for.
You really weren’t looking for guidance on which church to choose to attend. You already had a pretty complete idea what you were looking for.
According to acts the early Church members were servants in the work of preaching the gospel.
Acts 4 31 through 37 shows where the early Church started.
Acts 5:i through 13 shows the seriousness of becoming a member of the Church.
v 13
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
So did all of the believers become members of the Church? i do not think so.
V 14
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Any one can be a believer but being a member of the Church is another thing entirely, they are a servant of the Church, and if they can not completely give their life to the Church they should not be a member of the Church.
1 Tim 5 1 through 8 describes how the Church should treat people in general.
Verses 9 through 16 show some requirements of being or not being an actual member of the Church.
A widow under 60 years old who was also qualified in other ways.
A younger woman and with out those certain qualifications would spend her time being a busybody or looking for a man.
A man or woman who had widows to care for, mothers, aunts or etc was expected to care for their own rather than becoming a member of the Church and giving the care of them to the Church.
These people who had such responsibilities should work to take care of their own rather than becoming a member of the Church so that the Church would take care of them.
These kind of things are what defiles the church.
I sure don,t want to be one who takes part in that.