Our Covenant 2010

We commit ourselves to the Lord and to one another.

We will seek the best welfare of each other, always trying to support one another, both in prayer and in practical ways, as brothers and sisters in the Lord. We will try not to discourage one another, but to build one another up in Christ, always seeking to extend his care and concern for each person and family.

We will rejoice in each other’s happiness and endeavour, with tenderness and sympathy, to bear each other’s burdens and sorrows. We will cultivate courtesy towards one another, be slow to take offence and always be ready for reconciliation.

Our aim will always be to help each other achieve a closer walk with the Lord Jesus Christ through regular Bible reading and prayer. We will share the things which the Lord teaches us with one another and mention each other in our prayers.

We will seek God’s guidance for the future of His Kingdom work in Blackmore and the surrounding area and pray for conversions. When decisions have been made by the Church, we will work together to achieve the very best that can be done. We will each endeavour to use our God-given spiritual gifts to bless one another.

We will support the work of Blackmore Baptist Church financially; giving regularly and cheerfully at whatever level the Lord instructs us to give. We will also seek to make the wisest use of all the resources and time entrusted to us as individuals and as a Church.

We will make Sunday worship a priority in our diaries and agree to share meals and special times together as covenanted people.  

We will honour Jesus Christ as the Head of this Church; trust the Bible as his authoritative voice; respect those whom he has placed over us, and love one another as members of his body.

In all our ways, we will seek to be patient, good and kind to all men, but especially to the household of faith. Our priority is to build the Kingdom of God, both in this community and throughout the world.     

To this end, we will encourage one another at every opportunity, because we are family.