The Approach to Covenant Children (3)

From the teaching that covenant children are to be viewed as unregenerate until they are converted comes the practice of confession of faith by the unconverted (cf. the December 1 issue of The Standard Bearer). The result of this practice for a Reformed church is that it becomes full of adult members who are unbelievers. By their confession of faith, these unbelievers enjoy a full membership in the congregation. It is very well possible that these unbelieving members are in the majority in the...