Our Covenant

Having been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and upon profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God, and this assembly seriously and joyfully enter into 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 advancement 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 and expenses of the church for the care of the poor and needy, and the spread of the gospel to all peoples.

We also engage to maintain family and personal devotion; to biblically educate our children; to seek the salvation of our relatives and acquaintances; to walk with discernment in this world; to exercise Christian integrity, dependability, and morality in every area of life; to avoid all gossip and spreading of rumors; to seek God’s help in abstaining from all practices which bring unwarranted harm to the body, cause a fellow believer to stumble, or harms the church’s witness.

We further engage to watch over one another in love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to be slow to take offense, but always ready to seek reconciliation according the words of our Savior. We moreover engage that when we move 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.

“Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.  Amen.”   Hebrews 13:20-21 (ESV)