We affirm the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Below is our Church Covenant and our discipleship values — each opening to the Scriptures and resources behind it.
We have entered into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.
Having been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, we have most solemnly and joyfully entered into covenant with one another as one body in Christ. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love.
John 13 · 34–35
A new commandment — that we love one another, and so be known as His disciples.
Ephesians 4 · 2–3
Bear with one another in love, eager to keep the unity of the Spirit.
Colossians 3 · 14–15
Above all, put on love, which binds everything together in harmony.
We labor for this church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort.
We engage to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; and to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines.
Acts 2 · 42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, the fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer.
Ephesians 4 · 11–12
He gave shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry.
Hebrews 10 · 24–25
Stir one another to love and good works; do not neglect to meet together.
We engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation.
Galatians 6 · 1–2
Restore gently, and bear one another’s burdens.
James 5 · 16
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another.
Matthew 18 · 15
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you alone.
We support the ministry, the church, the poor, and the gospel.
We engage to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
2 Corinthians 9 · 6–8
God loves a cheerful giver, and is able to make all grace abound to you.
Galatians 2 · 10
Only that we remember the poor — the very thing we were eager to do.
1 Peter 4 · 10
Use whatever gift you have received to serve others.
We seek lives that are devout, just, faithful, and exemplary.
We engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment.
Ephesians 5 · 15–16
Look carefully then how you walk, making the best use of the time.
Deuteronomy 6 · 6–7
Teach these words diligently to your children, at home and along the way.
Titus 2 · 11–12
Grace trains us to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives.
We seek the salvation of our kindred, neighbors, and the nations.
We engage to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior — carrying the gospel to Yoakum and to all nations.
Matthew 28 · 18–20
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.
Luke 24 · 46–47
Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed to all nations.
Discipleship begins with a new heart. Conversion is the work of God that turns us from darkness to light and from death to life — the change Jesus makes in everyone who trusts Him.
Acts 26 · 18
To open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light.
1 John 3 · 14
We know we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers.
Colossians 1 · 13
He has delivered us and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son.
Baptism is the believer’s first public step of obedience — a picture of dying and rising with Christ, and a confession before the church and the world that we belong to Him.
Matthew 28 · 19
Make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Acts 2 · 38
Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ.
Acts 19 · 4–5
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Having received good news, we share it. Evangelism is simply telling others about Jesus — His death and resurrection — and inviting them to follow Him, always ready to give a reason for our hope.
Matthew 28 · 19–20
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.
Acts 1 · 8
You will be My witnesses to the end of the earth.
1 Peter 3 · 15
Always be prepared to give a reason for the hope that is in you.
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We were not made to follow Jesus alone. Membership is committing to a body of believers — one another’s in love, care, and accountability — as members of one another in Christ.
1 Corinthians 12 · 12
The body is one and has many members, and all are one body.
Romans 12 · 5
We, though many, are one body in Christ, and members one of another.
1 Corinthians 12 · 25
That the members may have the same care for one another.
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Everything we have is a trust from God. As good stewards we use our time, gifts, and resources faithfully — cheerful and accountable, longing to hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
1 Peter 4 · 10
Use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as good stewards.
Matthew 25 · 21
Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your master.
2 Corinthians 9 · 6–7
Each one as he has decided in his heart — God loves a cheerful giver.
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We gather as a church to behold God together — stirring one another to love and good works, singing His praise, and rehearsing the day when every nation will worship the Lamb.
Hebrews 10 · 24–25
Do not neglect to meet together, but encourage one another.
Ephesians 5 · 19
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.
Revelation 5 · 9
Worthy are You — by Your blood You ransomed people for God from every nation.
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Disciples make disciples. We walk with one another in the Word — teaching, correcting, and encouraging — so that together we grow up into maturity in Christ.
Matthew 28 · 20
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
2 Timothy 4 · 2
Preach the word; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with patience and teaching.
Matthew 18 · 15
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you alone.
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By the Spirit we put sin to death. Mortification is the daily work of laying aside the old self and what is not of Christ, pressing on toward what lies ahead.
Romans 8 · 12–13
If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Colossians 3 · 5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you.
Philippians 3 · 13
Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.
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As the Father sent the Son, so He sends us. Missions is crossing boundaries — of place, language, and culture — to carry the gospel to those who have not yet heard.
John 20 · 21
As the Father has sent Me, even so I am sending you.
Acts 1 · 8
You will be My witnesses to the end of the earth.
Romans 10 · 14–15
How are they to hear without someone preaching?
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Christ gives His church leaders to equip and serve it. We recognize the biblical offices of elder and deacon — qualified, servant-hearted men appointed to shepherd and support the body.
1 Timothy 3 · 1–13
The qualifications for those who serve as overseers and deacons.
Titus 1 · 5
Appoint elders in every town as I directed you.
Ephesians 4 · 11–13
He gave shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for ministry.
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