A Review of Bound to Join
This review examines David J. Engelsma's "Bound to Join," a series of letters addressing the problem of professing Christians who neglect church membership despite doctrinal orthodoxy. The work calls believers to commit to true, instituted churches characterized by faithful preaching, proper sacrament administration, and Christian discipline, grounded in the Reformed confessions particularly Belgic Confession 28-29. The review is particularly valuable for Reformed readers in the UK and Europe seeking biblical guidance on ecclesiastical membership and the marks of a faithful church.
(This review was first published in the British Reformed Journal) Bound to Join: Letters on Church Membership by David J. Engelsma Reformed Free Publishing Association, Michigan, USA, 2010 Hardback, 184pp. The Lamentable Situation Bound to Join is unique and badly needed in the UK, Europe and, as the author indicates in the preface, in America. The reason for the need is simple: church membership is despised by many professing Christians. Many love doctrine; many love to read doctrinal...