Our Church Covenant - #2

Why do we need a church covenant?

PRACTICAL REASONS:

(1) A well written church covenant is a good way to summarize the biblical teaching on how we are to live and relate to one another as members of one another in the local church...

(2) The regular renewing of a church covenant is also an effective way to help us all to remember our responsibilities to love, encourage, care for, instruct, and correct one another within the local church (Hebrews 3:12-13).

(3) As a result of those reminders, our practice of love, fellowship, accountability, and biblical church order and discipline is deepened and strengthened... membership becomes more meaningful…

(4) Church covenants offer both new and prospective members a clear and concise understanding of the joys, privileges, and weighty responsibilities they will inherit when they join a local church.