WALTHOURVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH COVENANT Having been led, as we believe, by the Holy Spirit of God, to repent of our sins and place our complete trust and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior, and having experienced the acceptance, forgiveness, and regeneration of God our Father, and having been baptized in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, we covenant together as members of this church that with God’s help through the guiding ministry of His Holy Spirit: We will walk together in brotherly love. We will show loving care for one another and biblically encourage, counsel, and admonish one another. We will be forgiving of those who wrong us, and seek to make right the wrongs we do to others. We will assemble faithfully for worship and fellowship, and will pray earnestly for others as well as for ourselves. We will endeavor to bring up those in our care “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” We will seek, by Christian example and personal effort, to win the lost to Christ and to encourage their growth toward Christian maturity. We will share one anothers joy and endeavor to bear one another’s burdens and sorrows. We will oppose all conduct which compromises our Christian faith and will uphold high standards of Christian morality. We will abstain from the sale and use of alcohol as a beverage, and will use our influence to combat the use of illegal drugs and the spread of pornography. We will prove the reality of our salvation by living godly, fruitful lives. We will maintain a faithful ministry of worship, witness, education, fellowship, and service for our Lord and Savior. We will be faithful stewards of our resources and abilities in sharing the gospel with people of all nations. As a result of this covenant relationship, we will seek earnestly to live for the glory of God who brought us out of darkness into His marvelous light.