Covenant of Membership
Covenant of Membership
- We do, in the presence of men, confess Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord; and do heartily give ourselves to His service, and take His Word as the rule of our life. Having been united by faith to Him, we do now, as a Church, unite with one another in this Covenant.
- We shall habitually observe personal prayer and the reading of the Scriptures, earnestly seeking therein the help of the Holy Spirit.
- We who are the heads of families, shall maintain the worship of God in our homes, and shall endeavor to lead our children or others committed to our charge to faith in Christ and to the Christian life.
- We shall attend regularly, as far as Providence permits, the public worship of God on the Lord’s Day, and such other meetings for worship as the Church may appoint, and we shall faithfully observe together the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper.
- We shall walk together in brotherly love, with Christian sympathy and kindness, and shall faithfully admonish and help one another as may be needful. We shall not bring to the Church a complaint against any member for personal trespasses or offense until we have taken first and second steps pointed out by Christ (Matthew 18:15-17), thus endeavoring to settle all private offenses without publicity.
- We shall aid, as the Lord prospers, in supporting a faithful Christian ministry among us and in sending the Gospel to the whole human family and, as we have opportunity, we shall seek by example and word to lead men to Christ.
- We shall endeavor to live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world, abstaining from whatever is unbecoming to the Christian character; and as Baptism signified our death to sin and resurrection to holiness, so we shall seek to walk in newness of life