Epic Church

Why Join Epic Church?

At Epic Church we approach the idea of church membership a little differently than what many are used to. When people sense God leading them to officially connect to Epic Church, we ask them to become Partners, not members.

Why Partnership and not Membership?

We all know people who are members of gyms and never go, but when you are a partner in an enterprise, you are extremely committed and involved.

American Christianity leans toward an unbiblical view of church membership. We talk about “joining” a church. The American Church says things like – “Membership has its privileges,” “we have many benefits for you and your whole family,” and “we are here for you.” We believe that this could subtly lead to consumerism and not Biblical Community.

“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are members of one body.” Ephesians 4:25

“For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body – whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free-and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” 1 Corinthians 12:13

A Christian joins the church when they become a Christian. Biblically you are a member of every Christian church in the area. There is only one church in this city – The church of Jesus.

However, the Bible does communicate that there are many local “fellowships” that gather for encouragement and scatter to spread the Gospel in the area. You see this in the book of Acts, the New Testament Epistles and the book of Revelation.

The way that we have chosen to communicate commitment to a local fellowship of God’s people is through the term Partner. We use the term covenant to communicate the idea of Biblical commitment.

“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:4-6.

E-vite a Friend!