Membership Options and Benefits

We have a number of different categories of membership:

• Junior membership (for those between 14-18)
• Associate membership (for those already in membership at another church and in Bodmin for a limited period as well as Immanuel Church Bodmin members who are students and overseas partners)
• Full membership.

Full members enjoy a number of benefits:

• They are entitled to participate in church family meetings
• Regular prayer by other members of the church family
• Pastoral care 
• Service in areas of church life where membership is required (e.g. serving our children and youth)
• Voting where required (eg Members’ Handbook p7).

Commitments of Members

We ask members to make a number of commitments:

• When possible, regular attendance at the meetings organised by the church
• Ministering to one another in accordance with their gifting
• When possible, joining small groups for bible-study, fellowship and prayer and regular attendance at such mid-week prayer meetings as may be organised by the church
• Regular private prayer for the work and ministry of the church
• When possible, regular financial contribution to the work of the church in accordance with their means
• Active participation in the life, work and outreach of the church
• When possible, attendance of church members meetings
• Submission to the authority and leadership of the elders
• Respecting the beliefs and practices of the church outlined in the Doctrinal Distinctives and not seeking to undermine them
• Leading their lives in a manner that is consistent with the ethical statements outlined in the Doctrinal Distinctives
• Showing Christian love and concern, both for the members of the church family and for the community at large.