- A personal testimony of your Salvation in Christ.
(Acts 4:12; Rom 10:9-10 9 ) - Your acknowledgment of and obedience to the Order and Officers of the Church: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, Elders and Deacons. (Heb 13:17; Eph 4:11-12 11; 1 Cor 12:28)
- Your presence in the meetings of the Church and abidance in full communion; that is, not to absent yourself more than three times from communion without sufficient reason given for your absence. (Heb 10:25)
- Your conformity with the fundamental doctrines of the Church, as well as with the two ordinances, namely baptism by immersion, and the Lord’s Supper. (Rom 6:4; Luke 22:19; 1 Cor 11:24; 2 John 1:9-10 9; Romans 6:17)
- That you contribute towards the support of the cause, as taught unto us in the Word of God (Gen 14:20; 28:22; Lev 27:30; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Heb 7:8,17; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; Matthew 23:23)
- That you keep the counsels of the Church within the Church. ( Matt 7:6 )
- That you pray for and help every member, remembering that we are joint members in the Body of Christ. (Heb 10:24; 1 Cor 12:25:26 25; 1 Tim 2:1; Gal 6:2 )
- Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Eph 4:3)
