Our Way of Life (Church Covenant)

Trusting we have been brought by divine grace to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and give up ourselves to him, and having been baptized according to the command of our Lord, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, relying on gracious aid, solemnly and joyfully renew our covenant with each other.

• We will work and pray together for the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
• We will walk together in brotherly love, as becomes the members of the Body of Christ, his Church
• We will exercise an affectionate care and watchfulness over each other and faithfully admonish and encourage one another as occasion may require.
• We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to pray for others and ourselves.
• We will endeavor to bring up those that may be under our care, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and by a pure and loving example to seek the salvation of our family and friends.
• We will rejoice at each other's happiness and endeavor with tenderness and sympathy to bear each other's burdens and sorrows.
• We will seek, by Divine power, to live carefully in the world, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, and remembering that, as we have been buried by baptism and raised again to a new life, so there is on us a special obligation now to lead a holy life.
• We will work together for the continuance of a faithful evangelical ministry in this church, as we sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines.
• 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 will, if we leave from this place, 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.