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Membership and Mission (9Marks Panel)

Why Membership Matters for the Church's Mission…or Hurts It

 | Matt Chandler • K. Edward Copeland • Andy Davis • Jonathan Leeman • Mike McKinley
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The knock on church membership is that it’s all about counting numbers and boosting the pastor’s ego. Biblical churches, however, are all about mission. Membership looks inward, mission outward, right? But what if someone wanted to argue that getting our membership practices right is essential to revitalizing our churches, evangelizing our neighborhoods, furthering the cause of Christ around the world, and bringing glory to God?

Matt Chandler is the lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and the president of Acts 29. He has authored several books, including Take Heart, Mingling of Souls, Recovering Redemption, To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain, Creature of the Word, The Explicit Gospel, and Joy in the Sorrow. Matt and his wife, Lauren, live with their three children—Audrey, Reid, and Norah—in Highland Village, Texas.

K. Edward Copeland (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; MDiv, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary; JD, University of California, Berkeley) is the ​​senior pastor of New Zion Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois. He is the author of Riding in the Second Chariot. He and his wife, Starla, have three children.

Andrew M. Davis (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Durham, North Carolina; founder and teacher of Two Journeys Ministry; and the chairman of the Board of The Gospel Coalition. He is visiting professor of church history at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His books include How to Memorize Scripture for Life, Exalting Jesus in Isaiah, and The Glory Now Revealed. He and his wife, Christi, have five children and four grandchildren.

Jonathan Leeman is an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church in suburban Washington, DC, editorial director for 9Marks, and the author of How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics for a Divided Age (Thomas Nelson) and Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing (9Marks).

Mike McKinley is the senior pastor of Sterling Park Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia. He is the author of Church Planting Is for Wimps (Crossway, 2010); Am I Really a Christian? (Crossway, 2011); Did the Devil Make Me Do It? (The Good Book Company, 2013); Passion (The Good Book Company, 2013); and The Resurrection in Your Life (The Good Book Company, 2015). His most recent book, co-authored with Mark Dever, is 90 Days in Ruth, Jeremiah and 1 Corinthians (The Good Book Company, 2016).