Our Church Covenant

Having, as we trust, been brought by the grace of God, through the Holy Spirit, 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, in the presence of God, relying on His gracious aid, solemnly and joyfully enter into this covenant with each other.

  • We joyfully submit to the Bible as the inerrant, infallible, inspired, and authoritative word of God over all our lives.

  • We will seek to glorify God and enjoy him as our ultimate treasure.

  • We agree with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.

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

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

  • We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, not neglect to pray for ourselves and others.

  • We will endeavor to bring up such as may at any time be under our care, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and by a pure and loving example to seek the salvation of our family and friends.

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

  • We will seek, by Divine aid, to live holy lives, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to remember that there is on us a special obligation to lead a new and holy life since we have been voluntarily buried by baptism and raised again from the symbolic grave.

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

  • We will, if we move from this church, unite with another church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s Word.

  • 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.