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“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” Romans 12:5

Council Road is a family of believers who are committed to loving people to Christ and helping them on their journey with God and others.   In other words, we see our church as being on an exciting journey and inviting others to come with us. To begin this process, we encourage every new member to participate in our "Journey" courses offered four times a year:

Explore the Journey:  This course is offered to all of our community groups and anyone else who wants to come on the first Sunday evening of each new term.*  At this catered dinner at the CUBE,  you will learn the basic premises of the Christian faith.  The course will cover some of the most complelling questions people have about Christianity.  "Where did we get the Bible?", "How does God speak to us?", "Are there many roads to heaven?", "Is there a literal hell?" are just a few of the questions we will cover.  The "Explore" material is great for people exploring Christianity, new believers and mature believers who want to learn how to answer questions from their unbelieving friends.  This material is designed to explain the first 8 of our 24 essentials (the doctrines of our faith).   There is a slight charge for the workbooks.  Please RSVP at 789-3175 or go to registration on this website.  (Childcare available with reservation). 

Discover the Journey:  On the last Sunday of each term, we are offering a luncheon for everyone interested in learning more about their spiritual gifts and the ministries at CRBC.  At this catered lunch event you will meet many of our staff and will be given the opportunity to join.  We will talk about our "4 C" approach to missions (LP2C), what does it look like for someone to be a follower of Christ, why we do what we do at Council Road, how we direct our ministry dollars and how we make decisions as a Body.   This course is strongly recommended for anyone wanting to join our church.

Join the Journey:  Each term, new members are encouraged to join one of our "Join the Journey" community groups.  This is a great way to meet new friends and to start your joureny with Council Road.  This group will go through a 42 day devotional book written by our pastor which will help you grasp the 24 essentials of faith and the overall philosophy of the Council Road (LP2C) strategy.  You will make great friends, and will have an opportunity at the end to decide for yourself how you want to "plug in" to the ministries of CRBC.

Membership it Council Road is accomplished in one of four ways:

  • Accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior and being baptized by immersion
  • If you have already accepted Jesus, but have not been baptized by immersion, then follow Him in believer's baptism
  • Transfer of membership by letter from another Southern Baptist Church
  • Statement of having previously accepted Christ and experienced baptism by immersion and becoming a member of another Baptist or Christ centered evangelical Church

 

* Our Community Groups meet in four "terms" througout the church year.  The first term begins as our kids go back to school and ends at the fall break.  The second term meets from after the fall break to the Christmas holiday.  Our third term meets from the beginning of January to mid February.  Our fourth term meets after spring break and ends before the summer break.  For specific dates, download the schedule from the Community Group site.