Membership Covenant

Membership Covenant

Having been brought by divine grace to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for the

forgiveness of our sins, and having been baptized upon our profession of faith, in the

name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, solemnly and

joyfully, affirm our covenant with one another. Relying on the enabling of the Holy

Spirit, in obedience to the command of God, we willingly consent to walk together as a

church, according to the appointment of Christ. 

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

an affectionate care and watchfulness over each other; faithfully admonishing and

entreating one another in brotherly love as occasion may require. We will rejoice at

each other’s happiness and endeavor with tenderness and sympathy to bear each other’s

burdens and sorrows.

We will, therefore, not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to pray

for ourselves and others. We will work together for the continuance of the ministry of

this church, and the promotion of its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines. As

good stewards of God’s varied grace, we will minister our gifts to one another, serving

by the strength God supplies. As the Lord may prosper us, 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 engage to do all these things, seeing that they are prescribed by God in His Word,

and required of all believers in the world. 

If ever, therefore, that we move from this

place, we will as soon as possible, unite with some other 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.