What We Believe & How We Live

Our Covenant & Pathway

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.

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Our Covenant

Walk Together in Christian Love

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.

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Strive for the Advancement of the Church

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.

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Watch Over One Another

We watch over one another in brotherly love.

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.

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Give Cheerfully & Regularly

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.

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Walk Circumspectly in the World

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.

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Seek the Salvation of Others

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.

Acts 1 · 8

You will be My witnesses to the end of the earth.

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Step 1 · Our Pathway

Conversion

“Jesus changed me.”

The pathway begins where God begins, with a new birth we did not give ourselves. Conversion is Jesus turning us from darkness to light and from death to life, and everything that follows grows out of it.

John 3 · 6–7

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

Acts 26 · 18

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

1 John 3 · 14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

Colossians 1 · 13

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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Step 2 · Our Pathway

Baptism

“Going public with the change.”

Baptism is the first step of obedience after conversion, a picture of dying and rising with Christ, and a public confession before the church and the world that He has made us new.

Matthew 28 · 19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Acts 2 · 38

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 6 · 4

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

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Step 3 · Our Pathway

Devotions

“Daily refocusing on Jesus.”

What begins in conversion is sustained day by day. In the Word and in prayer we keep turning our attention back to Jesus, not once, but every day.

Matthew 4 · 4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Luke 18 · 1

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Acts 10 · 9

The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

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Step 4 · Our Pathway

Evangelism

“Inviting others to Jesus.”

Having been found, we go looking. Evangelism is telling people what Jesus has done, His death and resurrection, and inviting them to repent and follow Him.

Luke 24 · 46–47

and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Acts 1 · 8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

1 Peter 3 · 15

but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

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Step 5 · Our Pathway

Membership

“Entering what Jesus is building.”

Jesus said He would build His church, and He builds it out of people. Membership is stepping inside that work, committing to a particular body of believers to love, be loved, and be held accountable.

Matthew 16 · 18

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 18 · 17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

John 13 · 34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

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Step 6 · Our Pathway

Stewardship

“Building with what Jesus has given.”

Nothing we hold is finally ours. Stewardship is putting the time, gifts, and money God has entrusted to us back into what He is building, cheerfully, and according to our ability.

Acts 11 · 29

So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

2 Corinthians 9 · 7

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

1 Peter 4 · 10

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:

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Step 7 · Our Pathway

Corporate Worship

“Weekly worshiping the way God wants.”

The Father is seeking worshipers, and He has said how He wants to be worshiped. Week by week we gather around the Word, the ordinances, and prayer, because Christ has promised to be there among us.

Matthew 18 · 20

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

John 4 · 23

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Acts 2 · 42

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

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Step 8 · Our Pathway

Discipleship

“Helping others grow in Christian discipline.”

“How can I, unless someone guides me?” Discipleship is walking alongside another believer in the Word, teaching, correcting, and encouraging, until they can do the same for someone else.

Matthew 18 · 17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 28 · 20

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Acts 8 · 31

And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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Step 9 · Our Pathway

Mortification

“Killing what obscures Jesus.”

Following Jesus means daily denying ourselves. Mortification is the ordinary, lifelong work of putting sin to death so that nothing stands between us and the Christ we belong to.

Luke 9 · 23

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Romans 6 · 11

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 9 · 24

even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

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Step 10 · Our Pathway

Missions

“Spreading Jesus’ authority.”

All authority has been given to Him, and He sends His church out under it. Missions is crossing boundaries of place, language, and culture so that His name is named where it hasn't been.

Matthew 18 · 18

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Acts 13 · 2

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Colossians 4 · 3

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison.

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Step 11 · Our Pathway

Offices

“Appointing and submitting to Jesus’ servants.”

Jesus prayed all night before He appointed the Twelve. The church still appoints elders and deacons with prayer, and still submits to them as men who keep watch over our souls and will give an account.

Luke 6 · 12–13

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:

Hebrews 13 · 17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Acts 14 · 23

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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