Church Covenant
 

Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on profession of our faith, having been baptized 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 assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into this covenant with on another as one body in Christ.

We engage, therefore, by the aid on the Holy Spirit to faithfully and regularly study the Bible to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the a advancement of this Church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly as God has prospered us to the support of the ministry, the expense 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 in the faith; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the work; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage; to refrain from indulging in sinful pleasures; to in no way bring disrepute to the name of cause of Christ; and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior.

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 an courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offence, but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay; and that we will not bring forward to the Church a complaint against any member for any personal trespass against us until we have taken the first and second steps pointed out by Christ in the eighteenth chapter of Matthew, and that all private offenses, which can be privately settled, we will never make public.

We moreover engage that when we remove from this place, we sill 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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First Baptist Church of Woodridge
6613 Taylor Dr.
Woodridge, Illinois  60517
"Exalting Christ, Loving People"
Phone (630) 964-0221/(630) 901-2626



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