Welcoming Our Newest Member

An Example of the Joys of Church Membership

On Sunday, we introduced Kaylynn as our newest church member. We couldn’t be more excited. We believe membership matters, so it’s always a joyous occasion when someone joins our church family. You can read more about our convictions here. In short, we believe that membership helps establish, communicate, and sustain true gospel community. We’re committed to loving one another and helping one another be faithful followers of Christ. You can read Kaylynn’s testimony below. If you’re interested in or have questions about membership, contact the church office. We’d love to talk.

It’s such a privilege to share a little about myself as I officially join this church as a member. When I was three, my mom shared the gospel with me and asked me if I wanted to accept Jesus Christ. I promptly said, “No, I did not at all.” But a year later, I changed my mind, and my faith since then has been a constant in my life as I grew up. I was baptized at 11 at my childhood church and have continued to walk with Christ. In October of last year, I met Joe. We were both on the same dating app and starting chatting and eventually went on a date. A few weeks later, he brought me to visit his church on Reformapalooza. The first person I met was my now sister-in-law—Sarah—who said hi, then promptly ran away. But overall, I felt his church had a strong Bible believing, prayer filled tradition. Eventually Joe and I started dating, and in January, I started regularly attending now our church, Sovereign Grace of Orange.

I see God’s grace at work here in many ways—most importantly, in the care and the love the congregation has for one another and the staff. Most recently, I felt this love when my brother-in-law was killed in a car accident. Many people came up to me to cry and pray. The church ended up donating money to help out my sister in lieu of sending flowers. This meant so much to our family that this church would care for us like this.
That being said, I’m excited to join this wonderful congregation and help care for its members the way they have cared for me. I’m also excited to hear the word preached every Sunday and be led in faith filled and truth filled worship. Thank you all for being so good to me.