Every. Member. Equipped.
Everything we do at Broadway, from corporate worship to preschool ministry, serves the purpose of equipping the saints for the work of ministry.
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ” -Ephesians 4:11-12
Our Process for Healthy Church Membership
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The first step is regularly attending to gather with fellow believers and hear the Word of God preached.
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Learn more about what we believe and what it means to covenant with us in our membership class, Beginning at Broadway. This is a 4-week class that meets during the Sunday school hour (9:00 AM). There’s no pressure or commitment, and a new class begins the first Sunday of most months.
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After going through our membership class and meeting with one of our pastors, we encourage you to become a part of our faith family by covenanting with us through church membership.
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Grow in your faith through biblical discipleship. Our Men’s & Women’s Ministries have discipleship groups that meet throughout the community every week.
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We exist to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. Our Sunday school ministry and Wednesday night Bible studies are geared toward equipping believers with practical training to put faith into action.
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Healthy Christians bear good fruit. Broadway strives to mature members into fruitful followers of Jesus who build their lives around Christ’s church and use their spiritual gifts for God’s glory.
Our Vision for a Healthy Church
Adapted from 9Marks Ministries
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Expositional preaching is important because God’s Word is what convicts, converts, builds up, and sanctifies God’s people (Heb. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:23; 1 Thess. 2:13; Jn. 17:17). Preaching that makes the main point of the text the main point of the sermon makes God’s agenda rule the church, not the preacher’s.
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Biblical theology is essential for Evangelism, Discipleship, Unity and Worship: Evangelism as a sound doctrinal gospel, Discipleship as a Christian growth pattern through sound doctrine, Unity as only one unity in the truth, and Worship as a response to God based upon sound doctrine.
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A biblical understanding of the gospel is important because the gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, and it is the only way for sinful people to be reconciled to a holy God. Not only that, but everything in a church flows from its understanding of the gospel, whether preaching, counseling, discipleship, music, evangelism, missions, and on.
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A biblical understanding of conversion clarifies how churches should exhort non-Christians–calling them to repent of sin and trust in Christ. Conversion reminds churches they must rely upon God in all evangelistic efforts, as only God can give new spiritual life. An outcome of conversion is the church maintaining a sharp distinction between themselves and the rest of the world.
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When a church has an unbiblical understanding of the gospel, they don’t evangelize, they evangelize in misleading or manipulative ways, or they share a message that’s not the gospel. On the other hand, a biblical understanding of evangelism clarifies our role in the mission God has given to the church: we are to preach the good news about what Christ has done and pray that God would bring people to believe it.
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Biblical church membership is important because the church presents God’s witness to himself in the world. It displays his glory. In the church’s membership, then, non-Christians should see in the lives of God’s changed people that God is holy and gracious and that his gospel is powerful for saving and transforming sinners.
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Think of discipline as the stake that helps the tree grow upright, the extra set of wheels on the bicycle, or the musician’s endless hours of practice. Without discipline, we won’t grow as God wants us to. With discipline, we will, by God’s grace, bear peaceful fruit of righteousness (Heb. 12:5-11).
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None of us are finished products. Until we die, all Christians will struggle against sin, and we need all the help we can get in this fight. A healthy church fosters a culture of Christian discipleship and growth in order to multiply believers' efforts to grow in holiness. A church that is not growing in the faith will ultimately yield an unhealthy witness to the world.
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God gifts churches with elders to feed God’s sheep God’s word (Jn. 21:15-17), guide the sheep (1 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 5:3, Heb. 13:7), and protect the sheep from attackers (Acts 20:27-29; 2 Tim. 4:3-4; Tit. 1:9), while protecting both themselves and the church through the wisdom of their plurality (Prov. 11:14; 24:6). The bottom line? Biblical church leadership is important because without it, God’s people are like sheep without shepherds.
