This church holds the following membership covenant as an expression and summary of our commitments to God and each other of how we should live because of what Jesus has done for us.
Having been led by the Holy Spirit to repentance and faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord, and having been baptized by immersion in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we enter into this covenant with one another, striving by God’s grace, to pursue the following commitments and extending forgiveness to each other when we fail. With the help of the Savior, we make these commitments solemnly and joyfully because of what He has done for us:We will endeavor to make disciples- sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with our neighbors and the nations and seeking to bring up those under our care in the nurture and admonition of the Lord as they grow as disciples. (Mt. 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Eph. 6:4; Titus 2:1-6; Deut. 6:4-7)
We will work and pray for the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace with one another refusing to gossip or grumble.(Eph. 4:1-3, 29; Phil. 2:12-16; James 5:9)
We will walk together in Christian love, exercising and growing in affectionate care for and watchfulness over one another; praying for one another; rejoicing with one another; carrying the burdens and sorrows of one another; faithfully encouraging, warning, rebuking, and admonishing one another as occasion may require; being slow to take offense; and being ready always for reconciliation, and mindful of the command of our Savior to seek it without delay. (Mt. 18:15-20; John 13:34-35; Rom. 12:15; Gal. 6:2; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Cor. 5:1-2, 9-13; Heb. 3:12-14; James 2:14-17)
We will seek to maintain personal and family Bible study and prayer, while not forsaking the corporate gathering together of ourselves for continued worship, spiritual growth, and building one another up. (Joshua 1:8; Rom. 12:1-2; Eph. 5:15-21; Col. 3:16-17; Heb. 10:23-25).
We will seek, by God’s grace, to live carefully in the world, denying ungodliness and worldly passions, and remembering that, as we have been buried with Him in baptism and raised again to newness of life, so we now have a special obligation to lead a new and holy life. (Rom. 6:1-6; Eph. 5:15-21; 2 Cor. 5:17; Titus 2:12; 1 Peter 1:14-16, 2:11-12)
We will give regularly and cheerfully of our tithes and offerings to the support of the ministry of this church and the spread of the Gospel to our community and the nations and will in service give of our time and abilities. (1 Cor. 14:12; 2 Cor. 9:7; Gal. 6:10)
We will work and pray for our growth in obedience, knowledge, spirituality, and fruitfulness; will uphold the preaching and teaching of the Bible as our authority; will celebrate the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper; and affirm our statement of faith. (1 Cor. 11:26, 2 Tim. 3:14-17; 4:2)
We will, when moving from this place, as soon as possible, unite with some other church where we can carry out these principles of God’s Word. (Heb. 10:23-25)
Now to Him who is able to keep us from stumbling and to present us blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and now and forevermore. Amen. (Jude 24-25)