Second Baptist Church Church Covenant

Second Baptist Church Church Covenant Having been led by the Spirit of God to receive Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord on the profession of our faith and having been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit we freely and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body of Christ We pledge, therefore, by the aid of God’s Spirit, to live together in Christian love; to work for the advancement of God’s Kingdom through this church in knowledge, holiness, and mutual care; to support its ministry by faithful stewardship of money, time and talents; and to sustain its worship, ordinances, doctrines and disciplines. We also pledge to maintain family and private worship, to rear our children in the nurture and spirit of the Lord; to seek the salvation of all members of our families and of our acquaintances; and to strive for maturity in ourselves and in our fellow Christians. We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it 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 principles of God’s Word. “For the glory of God: Loving God, Loving Others, and making disciples.”