“Having received Christ as my Lord and Savior and been baptized, and being in agreement with Grace Church’s statement,strategy and structure, I now feel led by the Holy Spirit to unite with Grace Church family. In doing so I commit myself to God and to the other members to do the following:

1. I Will Protect The Unity Of My Church
- By acting in love toward other members
- By refusing to gossip and resolving conflicts using Matthew 18:15-17
- By following the leadership

“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one toward another according to Jesus Christ”
Romans 15:5

“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned (sincere) love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.”
1 Peter 1:22

“Let no corrupt communication (unwholesome talk) proceed out your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying (building up), that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Ephesians 4:29

“Obey them that have the rule over you (your leaders), and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls (keep watch over you), as they must give an account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”
Hebrews 13:17

2. I Will Share The Responsibility Of My Church
- By praying for its growth
- By inviting the unchurched to attend
- By warmly welcoming those who visit

“We give thanks to God always for you...making mention of you in our prayers.”
1 Thessalonians 1:2

“Go out...and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”
Luke 14:23

“Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also receive us.”
Romans 15:7

3. I Will Serve The Ministry Of My Church
- By discovering my gifts and talents
- By being equipped to serve by my pastors
- By developing a servant’s heart

“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same (use it for serving) one to another.”
1 Peter 4:10

“And he gave...some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting (equipping) of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying (building up) of the body of christ.”
Ephesians 4:11-12

“Let nothing be done through strife (selfish ambition) or vainglory (conceit); but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man one his own things. But every man also on the things of others. Jesus Christ made himself of no reputation, and took upon himself the form of a servant.”
Philippians 2:3-4, 7

4. I Will Support The Testimony Of My Church
- By attending faithfully
- By living a growing and Godly life
- By giving regularly

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner (habit) of some is; but exhorting (encouraging) one another.”
Hebrews 10:25

“Only let your conversation (way of life) be as it becometh (worthy of) the gospel.”
Philippians 1:27

“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store (put something aside), as God hath prospered him.”
1 Corinthians 16:2

“And all the tithe (tenth)... is holy unto the Lord.”
Leviticus 27:30