For as much as Almighty God by His Grace has been pleased to call us out of darkness into His light, and having been baptized upon a profession of faith in Christ Jesus, and having given ourselves to the Lord and one another, in a Gospel Church way, we do covenant together by the help of God:
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to be governed and guided by a proper Discipline agreeable to the Word of God
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to keep up the Discipline of the Church of which we are members in brotherly affection toward each other
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to watch over one another, and if need be, in the most tender, and affectionate manner, to reprove one another
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to attend our church meetings
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to not absent ourselves from the communion of the Lord’s Supper without a lawful reason
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to pay the tithe and give offerings for the defraying of the church’s expenses, and for the support of the ministry*
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to not irregularly depart from the fellowship of the Church, nor to remove to the bounds of distant churches without a regular letter of dismissal and placing it in the Church in which we hold membership. |
These things we do covenant and agree to observe and keep sacred in the name of, and by the will of God. Amen.
*(II Timothy 3:16-17; Malachi 3:10; Romans 12:10; Galatians 6:1;
Hebrews 10:25; I Corinthians 11:26)
