BETHEL OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH |
| Inasmuch as Almighty God, by His grace, has been pleased to call us ( in whose name the underneath is subscribed)
out of darkness into the marvelous light, and all of us have been regularly baptized upon a profession of our faith in
Jesus Christ and have given up ourselves of the Lord and to one another in a Gospel Church way,
to be governed and guided by a proper discipline agreeable to the word of God: we do therefore in the name of our Lord Jesus,
and by His assistance, covenant and agree to keep the discipline and affection toward each other while we endeavor particularly
to observe the following rules, VIZ: In brotherly love to pray for each other, to watch over one another, and if need be, in the most tender and affectionate manner to reprove one another; that is, if we discover anything amiss in a brother, to go and tell him his fault according to the directions, given by our Lord in the 18th Chapter of Matthew and not be whispering and back biting. We all agree, with God’s assistance, to pray with and for each other and to attend our Church meetings and observe the Lord’s day and keep it holy; not absent ourselves from Communion and the Lord’s supper without a lawful excuse; to be ready to contribute to the Church expenses and ministry; not irregularly departing from the fellowship of the Church nor to remove to distant churches without a regular dismission. THESE THINGS WE DO COVENANT TO OBSERVE AND KEEP SACRED IN THE NAME AND BY THE ASSISTANCE OF GOD, THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST, AMEN. |