Membership Information
To become a communicant member of Westminster Presbyterian Church requires a
personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Elders of the church ask to hear your spiritual history, in a friendly interview. Members must also have been recipients of some Trinitarian baptism either at the time of becoming a member or in the past.
We hold
10 week membership classes in our Adult Sunday Class at 9:30 AM,
twice per year. These classes run from the first week of March to the end of May, and again from the first week of September to the end of November. Attendance is required of all would-be members.
Our youth have an opportunity beginning in eighth grade to take a four month class in the winter and spring months, at the end of which they may confess Christ publicly and become members if they are judged eligible to do so by their personal faith.
Sunday morning attendance at our two morning services averages about 975 persons. Total membership of Westminster in the year 2005 hovers just above 1,000. We do attempt to oversee our members with active care for them and their families as needed. Those who move away from the area or become inactive are removed from the roll within two years. We hope for our vows of membership to have integrity in individual lives.
Beyond giving our people compassionate pastoral oversight, Westminster does practice formal church discipline when no other means can recall an unrepentant person from their open, scandalous sin.