Do you want new ways to welcome members into your church? Check out these top church membership welcome letter templates and best practices.It usually involves a face-to-face conversation with one of the pastors or elders of the church. Paul addressed the letter: "To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse…" (Col. ). It is a simple message Paul gives the Thessalonians. "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing" (1 Thessalonians ). Some churches require a letter of transfer. Other churches need to see my behavior for a while. Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus. Paul has written this letter to the Ephesians and God has preserved it for our reading so that we would learn who we are.