There are three ways that Yulee Baptist Church accept persons for membership.
First, a person may unite by profession of faith and become a candidate for baptism. This means that he or she has trusted Jesus as Savior, and is now declaring themselves openly as a believer and is asking for membership in the church. Baptism is immersion of a person by putting them under water. Baptism does not help a person be saved. However, Jesus told his followers to be baptized. It symbolizes the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. It is also a pictorial testimony of what has already taken place in the Christian life—death to an old life, it’s burial, and a resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.
Second, a person may unite “by letter.” This means that he or she is already a member of another Baptist church of like faith and order. When one requests membership this way, the church clerk writes the church where they are a member and requests a letter of recommendation.
Third, a person may unite by statement. This means that he or she has received Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior, and has been baptized in the proper manner (immersion), for the proper reason (As an outward symbol of an inner reality), and by a proper authority (A church of like faith and order). There are many reasons why this occurs. Perhaps the church where a person joined is now disbanded. In some cases churches do respond to a request for letters. Yulee Baptist Church will accept a person’s statement about former membership in another church of like faith and order (A church that believes the Biblical doctrines we also believe concerning salvation and the Christian life). When this is the situation, one should present himself to the Senior Pastor and tell him that they are coming by statement.
If none of these ways describes your particular situation, and you wish to discuss your own needs with someone, ask the pastor to counsel with you privately. He is ready to talk with you and to help you understand how you may unite with the church.
In each case the candidates for membership are received into membership at the following church conference when presented to the church body.
