A Covenant of Faithfulness

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The Session, at its February 1998 meeting, adopted the following covenant as we seek to be a catalyst for faithful theological and spiritual renewal within Baltimore Presbytery and the larger PCUSA.

A Covenant of Faithfulness to Jesus Christ
among Presbyterians within the PC(USA)

As individual Christians, sessions, congregations and organizations, we covenant with one another and with God -- in submission to Scripture, in conformity to the creeds and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit -- to engage actively in the following courses of action:

1. We covenant to live in faithfulness to Jesus Christ as He is revealed in Scripture, confirmed by the historic creeds of the Church, and to do ministry that honors Jesus Christ as active and faithful Presbyterians.

2. We covenant to do the work of prayer, asking God to pour out the Holy Spirit on the Church for the advancement of the gospel in the world, that Jesus Christ may be known and glorified.

3. We covenant to do the work of evangelism, that men and women may be brought to saving faith in Jesus Christ, beginning with our own congregations until the Great Commission is fulfilled.

4. We covenant to work for social righteousness according to the biblical vision of the Kingdom of God.

5. We covenant to discern where God is working, with Scripture as our guide, and to invest our financial giving and personal involvement in those works which promote purity, holiness, and truth in the Church and which extend the gospel throughout the world.

(February 1998)