Jesus as Lord and Savior for Members?

At the meeting of Mission Presbytery in Mission, Texas, last weekend, we approved an overture to next year's General Assembly of the PC(USA.) This overture would include certain questions in our Form of Government of the Book of Order which will be asked of those who wish to join a PC(USA) congregation as members. These questions have been part of the Book of Common Worship; but that resource is simply for liturgical purposes. These questions would be elevated to Constitutional significance. Questions for membership used to be part of the Form of Government of the church in years gone by; but with the reunion of the PCUS and the UPCUSA and other changes which took place over the years, they dropped out of Constitutional importance. Someone who wants to be a member of the church should at least be willing to affirm that they understand that they are sinners without hope apart from the mercy and grace of God; that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior; that they are willing to participate in the work of the church and be subject to its government. I answered questions of a similar tone recently--apart from the affirmation of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior--when I rejoined the Lions club. It should be at least as difficult to join the church as to join a civic organization. Someone opposed making these questions part of the Constitution of the church on the grounds that he "joined the Presbyterian church so I could think for myself." How about thinking for yourself before you decide which church to join, and then affirm allegiance to the teachings of that church? Of course, these days, we want to join an organization and then reshape its beliefs to what suits us; but it wasn't always the case. Those who wish to be officers and ministers in the church should, of course, be held to a much higher standard; but that's another subject for another day. We've discussed it before; but it seems we always need to be reminded. Beliefs are important. Theology matters.