Application for Membership at Sugar Valley Baptist Church
There are three ways to become a member:
BAPTISM: For persons who have been saved by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and desire to obey Christ by being scripturally baptized by immersion. Information on becoming saved
LETTER FROM ANOTHER BAPTIST CHURCH: For persons who are saved, have been baptized by immersion after salvation, and are members in good standing of another Baptist church which will transfer them by letter to SVBC (we will handle transfer of the letter).
STATEMENT OF FAITH: For persons who are saved and have been baptized by immersion after salvation but are not members of another Baptist church.
If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact Preacher Mitch. You can send him an email via our Contact page.
Why should you be baptized?
Jesus commanded it. Matt 28:19-21 - "Go therefore . . . baptizing . . . ."
Shows our obedience. Acts 2:41 - "They who gladly received His word were baptized . . . ."
Shows our love for Christ. John 14:21 - "He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me . . . ."
What does baptism mean?
The Greek "baptizo" means to immerse, submerge; to make overwhelmed (i.e. fully wet). Baptism is symbolic of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus and your public profession of faith in Christ: "… died to my old way of life and am buried with Christ in baptism and raised to walk with Him in newness of life." Rom 6:4. Confession: Matt 10:32-33 - "Therefore whoever confesses me before men, him will I confess before my Father, which is in Heaven."
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