{"id":1226,"date":"2021-02-23T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/?page_id=1226"},"modified":"2024-03-09T21:36:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:36:59","slug":"membership-path","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/?page_id=1226","title":{"rendered":"Membership Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.43-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2023-01-05 at 11.06.43 AM\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"414\" width=\"622\" title=\"Screen Shot 2023-01-05 at 11.06.43 AM\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>We believe that every christian will find the most significance in Christ as they find their place in the local church (the body of Christ). we use the word &#8220;membership&#8221; from Romans 12:4-5 to refer to people who have professed Jesus as Lord, been born again, been baptisted, and actively are a part of the gates church. Our process to membership includes participating in a membership gathering after completing 4 or 5 class gatherings where we make sure we have an understanding of the gospel; explain what our church believes; and teach what the gates church and membership is all about in our vision, mission and strategy. reach out to pastor Austin if you are interested in membership. austin@thegateschurch.com<\/p>\n<p>From these class gatherings we will have a members meeting where we welcome in the new members<\/p>\n<p>Below is our Statement of Faith and Covenant<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/statement-of-faith-membership-and-covenant-2023.pdf\">statement of faith membership and covenant 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/membership-bread.pdf\">membership bread<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We believe that every christian will find the most significance in Christ as they find their place in the local&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1811,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions\/1811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}