Abundant Life Ministries International

THE CHURCH COVENANT

Having been led, we believe by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour 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 and this assembly most solemnly and joyfully enter in this Covenant with one another as one body in Christ.

Abundant Life Ministries

We engage therefore by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk in Christian love, to strive for the advancement of his Church in knowledge, holiness and comfort, to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrine, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor and spread of the gospel through all nations.

We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions, to religiously educate our children, to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintance, to walk circumspectly in the world, to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagement and exemplary in our department, to abstain from the sale of and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour.

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 feelings and Christian courtesy in speech, to be slow to take offense but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Saviour to secure it without delay.

We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will and 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.