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Requisites for Church Membership

The serious, solemn obligations of church membership should be impressed on everyone who applies for admittance to the church. All should be faithfully taught what it means to become a member of the body of Christ. Only those giving evidence of having experienced the new birth, and who are enjoying a spiritual experience in the Lord Jesus, are prepared for acceptance into church membership.

Baptism

Seventh-day Adventists believe in baptism by immersion and accept into membership only those who have been baptized in this manner. Those who acknowledge their lost state as sinners, sincerely repent of their sins, and experience conversion, may, after proper instruction, be accepted as candidates for baptism and church membership.

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Transfer of Membership

A church member who moves from one locality to another for a period of longer than six months, should make immediate application for a letter of transfer to a church near his/her new place of residence. Application for a letter of transfer should be made to the clerk of the church with which the member desires to unite.

Profession of Faith

There are four circumstances in which individuals who have accepted the Seventh-day Adventist message may be accepted into the local church by profession of faith:

A committed Christian coming from another Christian communion who has already been baptized by immersion as practiced by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (see above).
A member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who, because of world conditions, is unable to secure a letter of transfer from his/her home church (see above).
A member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church whose request for membership transfer has received no response of any kind from the church where he/she is a member.
An individual who has been a member, but whose membership has been misplaced or has been withdrawn because he/she was a missing member, yet who in reality has remained faithful to his/her Christian commitment.