COVENANT

Having received Christ as my Lord and Saviour and being baptized and in agreement with Bible Baptist Church doctrinally, I now feel led by the Holy Spirit to unite with the Bible Baptist Church family.  In doing so, I commit myself to God and to the other members to do the following:

1.       I will protect the unity of my church:

§       by acting in love toward other members

§        by refusing to gossip

§        by submitting to the leadership of the church

Romans 14:19   Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

1 Pet 1:22  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.

Eph 4:29  Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Heb 13:17  Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

2.       I will share the responsibility of my church:

§        by praying for its growth

§        by inviting the unsaved to attend

§        by warmly welcoming those who visit

1 Thes 1:1-2  “… unto the church …”  “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.”

Luke 14:23  “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”

Rom 15:7  “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

3.       I will serve the ministry of my church

§        by discovering and developing my gifts and talents.

§        by being equipped to serve by my pastors

§        by developing a servants heart.

1 Pet 4:10  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Eph 4:11  And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Eph 4:12  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Phil 2:3  Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Phil 2:4  Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Phil 2:7  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

4.       I will support the ministry of my church

§        by faithfully attending

§        by living a Godly life

§        by giving on a regular basis

Heb 10:25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Phil 1:27  Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

1 Cor 16:2  Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

Lev 27:30  And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

For further information contact Pastor Marvin McKenzie at marvinmckenzie@bbcpuyallup.org