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Baptist Church Covenant

The Church covenant is a voluntary agreement by members of a Baptist Church whereby they promise to conduct their lives in such a way as to glorify God and promote the ongoing of His Church.  Every member should study it carefully, refer to it often, and seek to live by it.  It outlines the obligations of church membership.

 SALVATION AND BAPTISM

     Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus as our Savior, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.  We do now, in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly most solemnly and joyfully enter covenant with one another as one body in Christ.

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DUTIES TO THE CHURCH

 We agree, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, 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 throughout the world.

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DUTIES IN PERSONAL CHRISTIAN LIVING

We also engage in maintaining family and secret devotions to religiously educate our children to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances, walk circumspectly in the world, be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment, avoid all battling, backbiting, and excessive anger, and be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior.

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 DUTIES TO FELLOW MEMBERS

We further engage in watching over one another in brotherly love, remembering each other in prayer, aiding each other in sickness and distress, cultivating Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech, being slow to take offense but always ready for reconciliation, and being mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.

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 DUTIES TO CARRY OUT

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.

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