We believe that one of God’s primary means for growing up healthy Christians is through engagement with a local body of believers. We call this "covenant membership." Covenant church membership is a wonderful privilege and a weighty responsibility.

To communicate fully the privilege and responsibility of membership at Southside we ask prospective new members to go through a four step membership process.

We're so excited you're interested in learning more about who we are and joining the family!

Our prospective membership class is offered on various weekends (Friday evening and Saturday morning).

The class is broken up into 4 main categories:

Essentials of our Faith

Distinctives of Our Faith & Why Join a Church

Distinctives of Our Church

Membership Responsibilities

Next Steps after the Membership Class:

1) Meet the Pastor for Membership Interview. This is an opportunity for Pastor Jason to get to know you better, hear about your conversion, baptism and walk with Christ, as well as to answer any questions you may have about Southside Baptist Church.

2) Sign the Church Covenant

New Member candidates will be asked to sign our church covenant and introduce themselves to the church body during a New Member Sunday.

3) Receive Congregational Affirmation

New Member candidates will be presented to the congregation at the Members’ Meeting, before or after New Member Sunday, at which time the congregation will be asked to officially vote to approve the candidates as members of Southside Baptist Church.