{"id":217,"date":"2020-09-16T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegiswebdesign.com\/East-Side-Baptist2\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2022-09-09T23:49:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T23:49:37","slug":"church-covenant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/church-covenant\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Unity and Bond in Christ <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God<\/span><\/em>, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the 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 covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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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<\/span><\/em>, holiness<\/span><\/em>, and comfort<\/span><\/em>; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinance, discipline, and doctrines; to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to pray for ourselves and others; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, and the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through the nations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We also engage, by Divine aid, to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to live carefully in the world<\/em><\/span>; to deny ungodliness and worldly lust; to avoid all tattling<\/em><\/span>, backbiting<\/em><\/span>, and excessive anger<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We further engage; to exercise an affectionate care and watchfulness over each other and faithfully admonish and entreat one another as occasion may require; 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; but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We moreover engage that when we move 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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Covenant Unity and Bond in Christ Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the 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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsidebaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}