Dear Pastor Smith, (name of the person) is a member in good standing in our church. Do you want new ways to welcome members into your church?Check out these top church membership welcome letter templates and best practices. The membership roll is one of the most important documents in a healthy, biblical church aiming to honor Christ. Some churches require a letter of transfer. Other churches need to see my behavior for a while. "Transferring your letter" is more of a perfunctory act between churches who are merely shuffling members as though they are numbers on a score board. Membership also includes a mutual promise of oversight on the part of the community and submissive involvement on the part of the Christian. This book, Second Timothy, contains one of John MacArthur's favorite descriptive phrases. It is this phrase, "the man of God.