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At the risk of bringing down wrath from my paedobaptist brethren, I would go even further and state that to say that children of believers are members of the visible church is equally confusing and most often leads to false assurance on the part of both parents and the children themselves. A "member" of the church, in my view, is one who has met the requirements of entrance into the visible church, i.e., repentance and faith (profession thereof). This is why I have personally chosen to refer to the children of believers as being members of the "covenant community" and then spelling out the nature of that relationship; e.g., the benefits of the means of grace given to them.

In His Grace,