Membership Covenant
Having been led, as we trust, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our
Saviour, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized by immersion in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels, and
this congregation, 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 fruitfulness; 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 expenses of the church, the
relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and private devotions; to religiously educate our children and
those entrusted to us; to seek the salvation of our kindred, neighbors, coworkers, and
acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our
engagements and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all gossip, backbiting, rivalries, and
dissentions; to abstain from drunkenness, carousing, and debauchery; and to be zealous in our
efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; 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; always ready for reconciliation; zealous to secure
reconciliation with one another in Christ; to rejoice at each other’s sanctification and growth; and
to bear each other’s burdens and sorrows.
When we are exiled from this place by providence we shall—as soon as possible—unite with a
like-minded faithful church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles
of God’s Word.
We endeavor to always pray in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the
power of the Holy Spirit, that we shall all be found faithful when Christ returns or calls us home.
Amen.
Saviour, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized by immersion in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels, and
this congregation, 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 fruitfulness; 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 expenses of the church, the
relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and private devotions; to religiously educate our children and
those entrusted to us; to seek the salvation of our kindred, neighbors, coworkers, and
acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our
engagements and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all gossip, backbiting, rivalries, and
dissentions; to abstain from drunkenness, carousing, and debauchery; and to be zealous in our
efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; 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; always ready for reconciliation; zealous to secure
reconciliation with one another in Christ; to rejoice at each other’s sanctification and growth; and
to bear each other’s burdens and sorrows.
When we are exiled from this place by providence we shall—as soon as possible—unite with a
like-minded faithful church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles
of God’s Word.
We endeavor to always pray in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the
power of the Holy Spirit, that we shall all be found faithful when Christ returns or calls us home.
Amen.