CHAPTER XVIII.

HOW TO RECEIVE MEMBERS.

Ques. How shall members be received into the Church?

Ans. 1. When persons offer themselves for Church-membership, let the preacher in charge inquire into their spiritual condition, and receive them into the Church when they have given satisfactory assurances of their desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins; and also, of the genuineness of their faith, and of their willingness to keep the rules of the Church.

2. When satisfied on these points, let the minister bring the candidates before the congregation, whenever practicable, and receive them according to the prescribed form.

3. If a member in good standing in any other Church shall desire to unite with us, such applicant may, by giving satisfactory answers to the usual inquiries be received without these formalities.