Burgess urges church to recast membership as baptismal covenant
By Jerry L. Van Marter PRINCETON, N.J. – With the idea of membership meaning less and less in American culture and its churches, the Rev. John Burgess today (Dec. 10) suggested rethinking the theology of baptism as the key to recasting what membership means in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). “Attention to baptismal theology and practice…