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NVWMC By-Laws Membership Section -Updated 2011
Section 1. General
New Voices World Ministries Churches are sovereign, congregational Churches under the lordship of Jesus Christ. The membership remains unto itself the exclusive right of self-government in all phases of the spiritual and temporal life of these Churches.
The membership reserves the exclusive right to determine who shall be members of these Churches and the conditions of such membership.
Section 2. Application for Membership.
Any person may offer himself/herself as a candidate for membership in the Churches. All such candidates shall be presented to the Churches at any Churches service for membership in any of the following ways:
a) By Profession of Faith and for baptism according to the Tenets of Faith and Doctrine as defined by these bylaws.
b) By Restoration Upon a Statement of prior conversion experience and baptism in a Christian Churches.
c) By Watch Care: A person with membership at a Churches out of town, but temporarily resides in the area of the Churches, may join These Churches as a Watch Care member. Membership status is good until changed at the request of the Watch Care member. These persons will receive all rights and privileges as other members/disciples as given in the bylaws.
Dual Membership in New Voices World Ministries Christian Churches
If you are an active member in any church body or associations of churches or you once belonged to another body of churches, you may be eligible for membership in New Voices World Ministries Christian Churches under the provisions for dual membership.
The term member/disciple will denote individuals who have decided to unite with these
Churches as an active participant in attendance, service and giving. Individuals who have repented of his/her sins, confessed publicly Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, is baptized, participates in Holy Communion, and seeks the infilling of the Holy Spirit shall be qualified to become a member of these Churches. Persistent, knowing disregard of Christian obligation shall be regarded as irresponsible, and could lead to Churches counseling, discipline, and/or probationary membership status. Current members at the establishment of these documents are not required to complete the orientation process.
Note: Internet membership will be approved by the membership of New Voices World Ministries Churches via video conferencing worship service.
General Church Membership and Website Access
Why do we call our church memberships subscriptions because we want our members to be a fully participating member in our ministries and activities. By provide a membership website church subscriptions system it allows New Voices World Ministries Churches to manage information about its members and to communicate with them more effectively. Moreover, it provides for church membership only dissemination of information through website membership only pages that could include but not limited to meeting note, Church By-Laws and policies, training, membership pictures, emails. and directories it authorized.