Church Membership Importance
Discipleship Wheel You should be a church member (John Piper) =============== The Importance of Church Membership (1 Corinthians 12:12–31) Theme: "Many Members, One Body – Serving Together at First Baptist Church of Wahiawa" I. Unity in Diversity (vv. 12–14) – The Body Analogy Introduced Key Verse: “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.” (v. 12) Paul’s Analogy: The Church is like a human body—diverse in parts, but unified in purpose. Application at FBC Wahiawa: Each member brings unique gifts, backgrounds, and roles. Unity is not uniformity—we are united in Christ, not in personality or function. Emphasizes the need for every member to be active and valued . II. Equal Membership Through the Spirit (vv. 13–14) Key Verse: “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body... and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” Paul’s Analogy: Baptism into...