Friendship Baptist Church Covenant:
Having committed ourselves to Jesus Christ, and having experienced the acceptance, forgiveness, and redemption of God our Father, and having been led by the Holy Spirit to this part of the Body of Christ, we covenant together as members of Friendship Baptist Church that with God’s help through the guiding presence of the Holy Spirit:
(Our Covenant with God)
We will love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and trust his promises and obey his commands.
(Deut. 6:5; 10:12-13; Matt.22:37)
We will uphold the Bible as the Inspired Word of God and as the foundation of our faith and actions.
(2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21)
We will be faithful stewards of our resources and abilities in sharing the gospel with people of all nations.
(Rom. 12:1-2; Deut. 16:17; 2 Cor. 9:6-7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Mal. 3:10)
(Our Covenant with One another)
We will rejoice with each other in times of joy and sacrificially aid one another in sickness and distress.
(Phil. 4:4; John 13:34-35, 15:13; Gal. 6:2)
We will be honest and trusting with each other.
(Col. 3:9-10, Eph. 4:15)
We will be forgiving and quick to reconcile our differences.
(Col. 3:13; Eph. 4:31-32)
We will seek, by Christian example and personal effort, to win souls to Christ and to encourage their growth toward Christian discipleship.
(Acts 1:8, Matt. 28:19-20; 2 Cor. 518:20, John 20:21)
We will be faithful in our ministry of worship, witness, education, fellowship, and service.
(Luke 4:16, Acts 2:42, 46-47, Heb. 10:24-25, Eph. 4:11-13)
Having committed ourselves to Jesus Christ, and having experienced the acceptance, forgiveness, and redemption of God our Father, and having been led by the Holy Spirit to this part of the Body of Christ, we covenant together as members of Friendship Baptist Church that with God’s help through the guiding presence of the Holy Spirit:
(Our Covenant with God)
We will love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and trust his promises and obey his commands.
(Deut. 6:5; 10:12-13; Matt.22:37)
We will uphold the Bible as the Inspired Word of God and as the foundation of our faith and actions.
(2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21)
We will be faithful stewards of our resources and abilities in sharing the gospel with people of all nations.
(Rom. 12:1-2; Deut. 16:17; 2 Cor. 9:6-7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Mal. 3:10)
(Our Covenant with One another)
We will rejoice with each other in times of joy and sacrificially aid one another in sickness and distress.
(Phil. 4:4; John 13:34-35, 15:13; Gal. 6:2)
We will be honest and trusting with each other.
(Col. 3:9-10, Eph. 4:15)
We will be forgiving and quick to reconcile our differences.
(Col. 3:13; Eph. 4:31-32)
We will seek, by Christian example and personal effort, to win souls to Christ and to encourage their growth toward Christian discipleship.
(Acts 1:8, Matt. 28:19-20; 2 Cor. 518:20, John 20:21)
We will be faithful in our ministry of worship, witness, education, fellowship, and service.
(Luke 4:16, Acts 2:42, 46-47, Heb. 10:24-25, Eph. 4:11-13)