Church Covenant
Having been led, as we trust, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ, we do now solemnly covenant with each other to walk together in Him with brotherly love to His glory. We do, therefore, in His strength engage that -
First, we will strive as members one of another to promote the growth of the whole body in Christian knowledge and holiness and to admonish and exhort one another as occasion may require.
Second, we will not neglect the public worship of God and the ordinances of His house, but will regularly uphold and attend them as we have opportunity.
Third, we will give unto the Lord as the scripture enjoins, with regular and cheerful liberality; to aid the poor, whom we have with us always; to support His ministry, whom He designs to live of the gospel; and to the spread of His kingdom, which is committed to us as a sacred trust.
Fourth, recognizing our obligation to God in the family, we will endeavor to train up our children and those under our care in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Fifth, realizing that we are designed to be "living epistles, known and read of all men," we will strive to walk circumspectly and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world.
And may the God of Peace who brought from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant make us perfect in every good work to do His will, working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Note: The Church Covenant, adopted by members of First Baptist Nashville in 1892, expresses our understanding of this church's relationship and responsibility to God.
