Church Covenant
Having been led, as we
believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the profession of our faith,
having been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, the Father,the Son and the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence
of God, angels and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into the covenant with one another as one body
in Christ.
We engage therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in
Christian love; to strive for the atonement of this church, in knowledge, holiness and comfort; to promote its
prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully
and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses ofthe church, the relief of the poor and the spread of the
gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to
spritually educate our children; to seek salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the
world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all
tattling, backbiting and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drink as beverage;
and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the Kingdom of our Savior.
We further engage
to watch over one another in brotherly love, to remember each other in prayer, to aid each other in sickness
and distress, to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense,
but always ready for reconcilation, and mindfulof the rules of our Savior, to secure it without delay.
We moreover engage that when we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite
with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.
We often receive so much from our local church and expectso much of it
and its ministries. Here in our local fellowship we believe that we reap what we sow. Too often we place all
responsibility on the church and very little on ourselves. This ministry realizes and teaches that the people
are the church. In short, if we did not have members, we would not have a church. Just as the membership expects
things from the leadership, the leadership expects things from the membership.
