Providence Baptist Church
Norfolk, MA
OUR CHURCH COVENANT
- 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 Spirit, 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.
- 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, holiness and comfort; to promote its prosperity
and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and
doctrines; to contribute 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 through all nations.
- We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to
educate our children in the Christian faith; to seek the salvation
of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the
world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and
exemplary in our deportment, to avoid all tattling, backbiting and
excessive anger; to seek God's help in abstaining from all drugs,
food, drink, and practices which bring unwarranted harm to the body
or jeopardize our own or another's faith.
- 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
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,
if possible, unite with a church where we can carry out the articles
of this confession and the spirit of this covenant.