Membership Application

By clicking the button below and completing the CBC Membership Application form, I affirm I have read, agree with, and am willing to commit to the Membership Covenant, What We Believe, CBC Distinctives, and CBC Constitution sections as outlined below.
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Thank you for your interest in becoming a CBC member! We look forward to the opportunity to welcome you into the CBC membership family as you join us in the pursuit of our mission to glorify God by making more and better disciples of Jesus Christ. There are several steps for you to take to complete the membership process.

 

  1. Attend the Discover CBC classes (Family Life & Doctrine) that are offered on consecutive Sundays several times throughout the year. The classes can be found here.
  2. Review and be willing to commit to our Membership Covenant and agree with our Statement of Faith, and Constitution available below.
  3. Complete the Membership application form linked above.
  4. Meet with an Elder for application review and approval.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” – Romans 12: 1-2. As Christians, we are members of God’s household (Eph. 2:19) called to function, participate, and minister in a particular place within the body of Christ. A healthy body requires that each member do its part well. A healthy church requires the same: members who are sacrificially committed and well-equipped to do the works of service that God has prepared in advance for us to do (Eph. 2:10; 4:12). Cornerstone Bible Church holds its members in high regard; we expect them to lead as missionaries of the gospel to the culture. God, in his sovereignty, placed us in this city, among these people, in this century, for a reason (Acts 17:26-27). “For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.  For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.  Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness” – Romans 12: 3-8. Being a member of Cornerstone Bible Church is really about being part of a family. All members are disciples of Jesus, unified by their identity in Christ. This unity is expressed in the way they collaborate in loving God, loving fellow Christians, and loving non-Christians. Members who enter into a covenant with their local church are called to a higher degree of responsibility and service. At the same time, the elders and deacons are covenanted to assist members first and foremost, to love and lead, provide counsel and aid, and pray for, teach, and guide them. “And above all things have fervent love for one another, for ‘love will cover a multitude of sins.’  Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.  As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” – 1 Peter 4: 8-10.