Membership Covenant

MEMBERSHIP COVENANT:

(authored 7/7/99)

“Having received Christ as my Lord and Savior and having been baptized, and being in agreement with Lighthouse’s Articles of Faith and strategy, I now feel led by the Holy spirit to unite with the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship church family.  In doing so, with God’s help, I commit myself to God and to the other members to the following:”

 1.    UNITY (“How I Treat Others”)

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves” (Rom. 12:10)

·         PRAY for one another

·         ENCOURAGE one another, building up others and not tearing down, speaking the truth in love

·         RESPECT one another, by treating each other with honor and dignity as I would wish to be treated

 

2.    RESPONSIBILITY (“What I’m Committing To”)

“ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.  Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.  (Heb. 10:24-25)

·         PRAY for my church’s ministry, the pastoral staff, and the leadership

·         ATTEND my church faithfully and INVITE non-believers on a regular basis

·         GIVE of my financial resources with the tithe (10%) as a Biblical guideline for regular giving

·         SERVE my church in some capacity

 

3.    MINISTRY (“How God Uses Me”)

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.” (1 Pet 4:10)

·         PRAY for unbelievers I know to believe in Jesus personally

·         DISCOVER and USE my spiritual gifts in active service in and out of the church

·         EXPRESS God’s love in practical ways to those around me

 

4.    LIFESTYLE (“How I’m Going to Live”)

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (Phil. 2:3-4)

·         DRAW NEAR to God by regular practice of Scripture reading and study, prayer, and other spiritual disciplines

·         SUBMIT to the Holy Spirit’s leading in my life

·         LIVE a Godly lifestyle by being an example of Jesus’ love and character

·         AVOID anything that causes others to stumble into sin

COVENANT VERSES:

 (Gen 6:18 KJV)  But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

 (Gen 15:18 KJV)  In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

 (Exo 34:28 KJV)  And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

 (1 Sam 18:3 KJV)  Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

(2 Chr 34:31 KJV)  And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

 (Jer 31:31 KJV)  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

 (Ezek 37:26 KJV)  Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

 (Rom 11:27 KJV)  For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

 (Heb 8:6 KJV)  But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

(Heb 8:10 KJV)  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

 (Heb 10:16 KJV)  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;