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Becoming a Member |
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Persons become members of White Plains Baptist Church through their public profession of faith in Jesus Christ, their baptism by immersion, and their desire to enter into a community-life covenant with His disciples at White Plains. Please feel free to contact the church leaders, if you have any questions concerning this matter. |
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Member's Covenant |
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After being led by the Holy Spirit, receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and being baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each member joins into this covenant with one another as one body of Christ. |
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We commit ourselves to strive together to grow this church and its individual members in holiness and spiritual maturity as we make disciples of Jesus Christ. |
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In order to make disciples of Christ we commit ourselves... | |
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To tell others the good news of Jesus Christ; |
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To support Great Commission Christians around the world; |
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To walk together in Christian love; |
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To disciple and train our children in the Christian faith; |
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To maintain family and private devotions; |
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To pray with and for one another. |
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We commit ourselves to modeling the Christian life by... |
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Seeking to know God better; |
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Striving to grow in loving obedience to God; |
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Assisting one another in sickness or distress; |
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Encouraging and equipping one another for faithful ministry; |
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Avoiding gossip, backbiting, or excessive anger; |
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Speaking the truth in love, and kindness and gentleness; |
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Dealing honestly and showing faithfulness to our commitments; |
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Embracing biblical social justice in all our relationships; |
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Seeking to live lives that are pleasing to God in very way. | | |
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When wronged by another, we commit ourselves to be slow to take offense, to be eager and ready to seek reconciliation, and quick to forgive as the Lord has forgiven us. |
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Because we believe that God intends to use White Plains Baptist Church to make disciples for His Glory, we commit ourselves to support this local church by... |
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Contributing cheerfully and regularly to the support of this ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospels to all peoples everywhere. |
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Showing our need for and support of this church by regular participation in the public worship and ordinances of this church and by embracing the doctrines and discipline of this body of believers. |
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If we move to a distant place, we will as soon as possible unite with some other church fellowship where we can make disciples and carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's word's |
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In all these things, we desire to live to the glory of the wonderful God who has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. | |
