Member Covenant

Our Member Covenant expresses the mutual commitment between a new member and the congregation to pursue the calling the New Testament gives us for one another.

 All members of Forestdale Church have:

• …participated in and are in agreement with the biblical understanding of church membership as outlined in the class(es) required for membership. 
• …are in agreement with the Forestdale Church “Statement of Faith”, have accepted God’s free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ alone, and have followed up that decision by being baptized. 
• …willingly submit to and participate in the structure of our church government as elder-led, deacon-served, and congregationally governed.

As members, we promise to uphold the calling of love and commitment toward one another as described throughout the New Testament and summarized below:

• Spiritual Health: We will encourage each other to continue to live free of unrepentant persistence in sin that would serve to break fellowship and tarnish the reputation of Forestdale Church and the gospel of God’s salvation.
• Church Unity: We will promote the unity of spirit at Forestdale Church by avoiding gossip, building each other up, and applying the principles of reconciliation found in Mathew 18:15–17 when relational difficulties arise.
• Generous Living: We will use our spiritual gifts as well as our material gifts to serve one another.

• Should God ever call members of our church family elsewhere, we will help them in their transition and bless them as they go.