Membership Track Podcast

Episode Three

I Will be a Functioning Church Member

Membership Track 1 – I will be a functioning Church Member

Throughout this membership track, you’ll discover how membership in the body of Christ is SO different from the other kinds of membership we’re used to. You’ll also find out the way in which you can be a part of major life change for those around you. We’re excited for you to engage with this content and take your next step!

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Member is not like “Country Club Membership” with rights
Biblically, member is being a “part of the body of Christ” with a function, a role to play

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

¹²Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³For we were all baptized by^[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

¹⁵Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁶And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

²¹The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²²On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, ²⁴while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

²⁷Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues^[d]? Do all interpret? ³¹Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

Being functioning means leading out of love

This means being a servant leader

Removing your ego from the equation
The church doesn’t exist to meet my needs, I exist to meet the needs of those around me in the church

Being functioning means finding your fit in ministry

What are you gifted at? Where do you currently serve? Paul says one part shouldn’t say another part isn’t needed, but today, most often, we remove ourselves from serving the church (take the 30 second questionnaire to get involved – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHHaKULcWcPOJaoh6kfywWCx-5hq-5KC7BOs3POHtCQ0pQ8A/viewform)
At Harmony, our servant leaders are what sets us apart – we believe YOU have what it takes to do significant things for God and want to help ignite that passion and equip you for that mission

Being functioning means investing in the mission

Harmony is a church that cares deeply about the mission
We want to have you join us
We take the sacrifice people make to give seriously as a stewardship issue

money counted 3 times
Systems of accountability
Staff does not set salaries, we operate off a budget

Our church embraces being shockingly generous, and it ignites a passion in us knowing what we give makes a tangible difference in the lives of people around us