Ongoing Membership Requirements
- An annual heartfelt affirmation by the Senior Pastor and Board of Elders of the foundation truths found in the Statement of Faith and Shared Convictions.
- A financial contribution of 1% of the church's annual budgeted income. (If 1% is more than can be given at first, we will work with members to find an amount that is affordable until 1% can be reached)
- A commitment to pray for, encourage, instruct, and support other member churches as the need may arise.
- A commitment to meet regulary with a member of the CCN leadership team, either in person or virtually for coaching.
- A commitment to regularly participate in monthly virtual cohorts and bi-annual and/or annual in-person events hosted by the network.
- A commitment to uphold the highest moral and ethical standards for all the leaders within the church.
Member churches are always free to withdraw from the Network at any time as the Elders of said churches deem proper. No penalty of any sort will be imposed for this decision.
Since the Elders of local churches are ultimately responsible to the Lord for how they shepherd their congregations (Hebrews 13:17), the Network does not assume responsibility for monitoring matters of orthodoxy or orthopraxy, although there is always a place for network leadership and other member churches to bring clarity to both when it is needed. Of course, member churches may be removed from the network if it is determined that they have deviated significantly from the theological and ethical principles of the network.
Member churches are permitted to maintain dual affiliation with other networks, denominations, or associations so long as the latter does not hold to doctrines that are in conflict with the theological distinctives of CCN. Also, dual affiliation should not be pursued if such were to inhibit a member church from meeting its financial commitment to CCN.
CCN may dismiss a church from membership at their sole discretion if they fail to meet the requirements of membership. See Reasons for Dismissal