New Life Baptist Church, College Station Texas

New Life Baptist Church Covenant

We exist to pre­serve and pro­claim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to make mature dis­ci­ples of all nations for the glory of God.

We believe God, in his infi­nite wis­dom and sov­er­eign grace, has called and joined together every mem­ber of New Life Bap­tist Church as a vis­i­ble expres­sion of his Church on the earth. As a result, we agree to work and pray for the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Eph. 1:22, Eph. 4:3, John 17:21–23, 1 Peter 3:8, Romans 14:19, 1 Cor. 1:10, Col. 3:13–15, Heb. 12:14)

We will uphold the State­ment of Faith, ordi­nances, and dis­ci­pline of the church. We will sub­mit to the rec­og­nized lead­er­ship, admon­ish­ing those who are dis­obe­di­ent to the Word, encour­ag­ing the timid, help­ing the weak, and exer­cis­ing patience toward all, work­ing for rec­on­cil­i­a­tion. At all times, we will ask God for grace to speak, think, and act toward one another in love. (Heb.13:17, 1 Thess. 5:14, 1 Cor. 13, Col. 1:11)

We will sup­port God’s work in and through New Life by cheer­fully, reg­u­larly, and humbly giv­ing our time, tal­ents, and trea­sures. We will serve with the strength God sup­plies, that in every­thing God may be glo­ri­fied through Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 9:7, Acts 2:44–45, Acts 20:35, 1 Pt. 4:11)

We will meet reg­u­larly to wor­ship God, edify one another, and guard our­selves against
the deceit­ful­ness of sin. (Heb. 10:25, 3:13, 1 Thess. 5:11, Eph. 4:29–32)

We will ful­fill the law of Christ by bear­ing one another’s bur­dens, rejoic­ing with those who rejoice, and mourn­ing with those who mourn. (Gal. 6:2, Rom. 12:15, John 13:34)

We will strive to make true dis­ci­ples of Christ begin­ning in our homes and spheres of influ­ence, by shar­ing the mes­sage of rec­on­cil­i­a­tion entrusted to us when­ever and wher­ever God gives oppor­tu­nity. (2 Cor 5:18–20; Matt 28:18–20; Romans 10:14–15) We will build multi­gen­er­a­tional faith­ful­ness by telling the com­ing gen­er­a­tion the glo­ri­ous deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the won­ders that he has done. (Psalm 78:4–7)

We will, by the grace of God, live in a man­ner wor­thy of the Lord, to please him in every way: bear­ing fruit in every good work, grow­ing in the knowl­edge of God, being strength­ened with all his power; that the watch­ing world may observe our holy and dis­tinct lives and glo­rify our Father in heaven. (Col. 1:10–12, Matt. 5:16, Phil 2:14–15, 2 Thess. 1:10–12, 1 Pet. 2:12,)

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fel­low­ship of the
Holy Spirit be with us all. (2 Cor. 13:14) Amen.