Is signing a formal church membership contract a necessary expression of loyalty? Has the institutional church traded the freedom of life in Christ for institutional control? In this episode I explore how formal membership contracts — often loaded with behavioral clauses, doctrinal checkpoints, and institutional loyalty — distort the gospel of grace and reduce free flowing community to a legal transaction with rewards for compliance and punishments for non-compliance. Jesus brought us into a relationship, not a system. So why have countless churches made belonging conditional on paperwork?This episode is from a livestream on the UnSunday YouTube page. If you prefer to watch the full video, it's available at <a href='https://www.youtube.com/live/l8rXJSo1Cl4?si=VKichdClrUhBPyUp'>https://www.youtube.com/live/l8rXJSo1Cl4?si=VKichdClrUhBPyUp</a> and at <a href='https://unsunday.com/community-without-roll-call-exchanging-freedom-for-a-contract'>https://www.unsunday.com/community-without-roll-call-exchanging-freedom-for-a-contract</a>Other Places You’ll Find Me The Grace Cafe Podcast: <a href='https://www.gracecafepodcast.com'>https://www.gracecafepodcast.com</a> TikTok <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@unsunday.mike'>https://www.tiktok.com/@unsunday.mike</a> Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/unsundayshow/'>https://www.instagram.com/unsundayshow</a> YouTube <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnSundayShow'>https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnSundayShow</a> <a href='https://www.unsunday.com/reviews/new/'>Leave Me a Rating/Review</a>

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