Church Covenant

Seeing as God deals with mankind through the New Covenant, we as members of this local church, having professed Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and been baptized by immersion in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit into His body, solemnly and joyfully covenant together before God, angels and one another as one local body in Christ, with the following promises consistent with the Biblical teaching of a New Testament Gospel church:

  1. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love;
  2.  To strive for the advancement of this church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort;
  3. To promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines;
  4. to respect and submit to the spiritual authority and procedures of the Church, including its Elders, as expressed in the Handbook;
  5. To participate in Church activities and ministries as the Lord directs and personal circumstances permit, and to attend all public meetings of the Church; and at all Membership Meetings;
  6. To contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry as the Lord directs and personal circumstances permit, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations;
  7. We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances;
  8. To walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all gossip, tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to maintain sobriety, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour;
  9. 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 reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Saviour, to secure it without delay; and
  10. We moreover engage, that when we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite with another other church, where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant, and the principles of God's Word.
*Based upon John Newton Brown's 1853 Church Covenant.