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Church Covenant

 

Having, as we trust, been brought by God’s grace to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and to give up ourselves to him, and having been baptized upon our profession of faith, in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, we do now, relying on His gracious aid, solemnly and joyfully renew our covenant with each other. 

 

John 6:63; 16:7-11; 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Acts 2:41; 8:38; Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Acts 2:42

 

 

I. We will work and pray for the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

 

Ephesians 4:1-3

 

 

II. We will walk together in brotherly love, as befits the members of a Christian Church, exercise an affectionate care and watchfulness over each other, and faithfully admonish and entreat one another as occasion may require. 

 

Romans 12:10; 16:17-18; Galatians 6:1-2; Matthew 18:15-17; James 5:19-20; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 3:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 5

 

 

III. We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to pray for ourselves and others. 

 

Hebrews 10:23-25; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 25

 

 

IV. We will endeavor to bring up those that God has placed under our care, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and by a pure and loving example to seek the salvation of all.

 

Deuteronomy 6:1-12; 11:18-20; Matthew 6:6; Ephesians 6:4; Mark 5:19; Luke 5:19; Matthew 5:16; Ephesians 5:15

 

 

V. We will rejoice at each other’s happiness, and endeavor with tenderness and sympathy to bear each other’s burdens and sorrows. 

 

Romans 12:15; Galatians 6:2

 

 

VI. We will seek, by the grace of God, to live carefully in the world, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, and remembering that, as we have been voluntarily buried by baptism and raised again from the symbolic grave, so there is on us a special calling and obligation now to lead a new and holy life. 

 

Ephesians 5:15; Titus 2:11-14; Romans 6:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 1 Peter 1:13-25

 

 

VII. We will work together for the continuance of a faithful evangelical ministry in this church, as we, though our joyful service, sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines. We will contribute cheerfully and regularly to the financial support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations. 

 

Ephesians 2:19-22; Hebrews 10:25; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:24-34; Romans 16:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 5; Acts 2:42; 2 John 1:9-11; Matthew 10:10; Galatians 6:6; Malachi 3:8-10; Acts 11:29; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5, Luke 24:46-48; Acts 1:8

 

 

VIII. We will, should it happen that God leads our family to move away from this place, unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s Word. 

 

Acts 18:27-28; Romans 16:1-2; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Colossians 3:23; Hebrews 10:24-25

 

 

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen. 

 

2 Corinthians 13:14

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