OUR CHURCH COVENANT
As a family of believers, we say this church covenant together.
Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son and Holy ghost.
​
We do now in the presence of God, angels and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
​
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the holy spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort;
​
To promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines;
​
To contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expense of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spreading of the gospel through all nations.
​
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children, to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances.
​
To walk circumspectfully in the world, to be just in dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment.
​
To avoid all tattling, backbiting and excessive anger.
​
To sustain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage;
​
And to be zealous in our efforts to advance the Kingdom of our Saviour.
​
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly 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 them without delay.
​
We moreover engage that when we remove 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.