Church Covenant

As we trust we have been brought by Divine Grace to embrace the Lord Jesus Christ and to give ourselves wholly to Him, so we do now, relying upon his gracious aid, solemnly and joyfully covenant with each other and promise that we will walk together in brotherly love, according to the teaching of the New Testament;

that we will exercise a Christian care and watchfulness over each other and faithfully admonish and help one another as occasion may require;

that we will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to pray for ourselves and others;

that we will endeavor to bring up such as may be under our care in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and, by a pure and holy example, we will seek to win our kindred and acquaintances to Christ and to Godly life;

that we will rejoice in each other’s good, and with tenderness and sympathy bear one another’s burdens;

that we will live circumspectly in the world, “denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,” and remembering that as we have voluntarily been buried in baptism, and have been raised up from the emblematic grave, so there is on us a special obligation to live a new and holy life;

that as stewards of the Lord, we will cheerfully contribute of our property for the support of a faithful and evangelical ministry among us, for the relief of the poor, and to aid in extending the message of the Gospel to the whole human family;

and that through life, amidst evil report and good report, we will seek to live to the glory of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.