Christ Covenant Church

Common belief today: “We have the right to transfer our membership whenever we want, for whatever reason we want, as long as we believe the other church to be biblical.” Those who believe such things indicate they are not only completely ignorant – or rebellious to, what the Bible actually teaches on this subject, but also the church’s divine authority in such matters[1]. 1. We cannot transfer to another church without our current church’s allowance or approval. Why? Because our membership is attached to our baptism and our baptism is the property of the church currently possessing it -not us. 1.1. God only recognizes us as a member of a specific church when that church performs/possesses our baptism (Act 2:41 “added” [to the church as members] at the point of baptism). IOW: Membership = Baptism. 1.2. To transfer our membership to another church therefore requires the transfer of our baptism to that church.  1.3. Given that baptism is also the way we receive initial forgiveness or the washing away of our sins