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title: 'On Admission to Church Membership'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Philip Vollmer'
date: 1914-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Creeds and Confessions'
- 'Catechism'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Acts 16'
- 'Matthew 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/vollmer-1914-on-admission-to-church-membership
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# On Admission to Church Membership

Argues membership should be simpler—focused on repentance and faith per the New Testament—rather than subscription to lengthy creeds; urges pastoral catechesis and liberalized admission practices.

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