Westminster Presbyterian Church


Westminster Presbyterian Church

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Becoming a Member of Westminster

Westminster welcomes all persons who respond in trust and obedience to God's grace in Jesus Christ and desire to become part of the membership and ministry of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Westminster affirms and accepts each person as created with a unique combination of qualities: cultural heritage, color, talents, sexual orientation, abilities, and diverse interests.

You may enter into active membership of Westminster in the following ways:

  • Profession of faith
    Persons make their public profession of faith in Christ and receive Baptism after appropriate instruction and examination by the Session.
  • Reaffirmation of faith
    Persons who have previously made a profession of faith and been an active member members in another church and are unable to secure a certificate of transfer will after appropriate instruction and examination by the Session will make a public reaffirmation of their faith and accept responsibility in the life of the Church.
  • Certificate of transfer from another church.
    Persons who have made a public profession of faith and were active members in a particular church may be received by the Session upon receipt of a certificate of transfer from the church in which they have most recently been members.

Those interested in joining the church should contact on of the pastors. New member classes are offered three times during the year and prospective and new members are strongly encouraged to attend these classes. Prospective members will appear before the Session and then be publicly recognized by the congregation at its service of Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the following month.

At Westminster a faithful member accepts Christ's call to be involved in the ministry of the church by:

    • proclaiming the Good News;
    • taking part in the common life and worship of the church;
    • praying and studying Scripture and the faith of the Christian Church;
    • supporting the church through the giving of money time and talents;
    • participating in the governing responsibilities of the church;
    • demonstrating a new quality of life within and through the church;
    • responding to God's activity in the world through service to others;
    • living responsibility in the personal, family, vocational, political, and cultural relationships of life; and
    • working in the world for peace, justice, freedom and human fulfillment.