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Membership Covenant
Purpose of our Covenant
A membership covenant has framed our commitment to love and serve one another under the Lordship of Christ within our church since 2024. Within this covenant, you will find the commitments of our church to its members and the commitments of the members to the church. This covenant summarizes how we promise to treat one another according to the ethics established in the New Testament and our moral understanding of how to live as a community of believers. We require that all prospective members affirm the covenant and commit to its fulfillment before signing it and joining the church.
We implement this covenant as a practical act of our faith as a church, to guard ourselves from individual and corporate sin that hinders our joy and progress in the faith, as well as our testimony to the world.
Membership Covenant
The Commitments of Plants and Pillars Church to Its Members:
1. Pastors and Teachers — We promise that the pastors and teachers of our church will fulfill the criteria and requirements assigned to them in the Holy Scriptures.
1 Timothy 3:1–13; 1 Timothy 5:17–22; Titus 1:5–9; 1 Peter 5:1–4
2. The Holy Scriptures and the Holy Spirit — We promise to seek the will of the Lord for our church community as we study the Holy Scriptures and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1–5
3. Spiritual Growth — We promise to care for you and seek your growth as a disciple of Christ through teaching and equipping you for service to Jesus and to others.
Ephesians 4:11–13
4. Faithful Shepherding — We promise to watch over your soul, to lovingly admonish and correct you when you stray, and to labor for your restoration should you wander, remembering that we will give an account to God for this charge.
Hebrews 13:17; Galatians 6:1
5. Faithful Stewardship — We promise to steward faithfully the resources entrusted to this church and to give a regular account of them to you.
1 Corinthians 4:2
6. Equipping for the Mission — We promise to equip you and, as the Lord leads, to send you out for the work of the Gospel, both here and to the nations.
Ephesians 4:12; Matthew 28:19–20
The Commitments of the Members to Plants and Pillars Church:
1. Final Authority — I promise to submit myself to the authority of the Holy Scriptures as the final authority in all areas of life, including but not limited to my behavior inside and outside the church, my sexuality, and my spirituality.
2 Timothy 3:16–17; Colossians 3:17; Luke 6:31; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; John 4:24; 1 John 5:21
2. Authority of Leadership — I promise to submit myself to the biblical discipline of the leadership of Plants and Pillars Church should the need arise.
Hebrews 13:17; Matthew 18:15–17
3. Member Conduct and Mutual Care — I promise to treat all visitors, congregants, and members of this church with grace and love, independent of their age, nationality, or socioeconomic status; and I promise to watch over my brothers and sisters in this body, going to them directly and quickly when a grievance arises, seeking reconciliation rather than division.
Colossians 4:5–6; Acts 2:42–47; 1 John 4:20–21; Hebrews 13:1; Matthew 18:15
4. Faithful Gathering — I promise to honor the Lord's Day and to gather regularly with this church for worship, prayer, and the preaching of God's Word, not neglecting to meet together.
Hebrews 10:24–25
5. Generous Giving — I promise to give regularly, proportionately, and sacrificially to support the ministry and mission of this church, trusting that all I have is a gift from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7; Malachi 3:10
6. Family Discipleship — I promise, so far as this applies to me, to lead my household in the fear of the Lord, teaching my children the truths of the Gospel by word and by example.
Deuteronomy 6:6–7; Ephesians 6:4
7. Making Christ Known — I promise to seek the salvation of my family, friends, and neighbors, and to support the missionary work of this church with my prayers, my giving, and my labor.
Matthew 28:19–20