United Together in Christ
United in the Gospel of JesusWe believe the good news of Jesus is a life-changing message of salvation and transformation for all people.
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United in Our FaithWe are united by our statement of faith and our commitment to scripture as our final authority in faith and practice.
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United in Community & MissionWe are united by a membership covenant to be a community of love in service for God and the world.
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Our Statement of Faith
The sixty-six books of the bible were inspired by God in their entirety and were free from error in the original writings. They therefore are the final authority in Christian faith and practice.
There is one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit equal in power and glory, infinite in being and perfection.
God, the Father, created and preserves all things and has eternally planned for redemption through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Man was created in the image of God. He sinned through disobedience resulting in spiritual and physical death. All human beings are born guilty before God with a sinful nature and from this condition can be saved only by the grace of God, through faith in the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Jesus was begotten by God the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. His divine and human natures are united in one person, fully God and fully man.
Jesus died on the cross for the remission of sin. He arose bodily, ascended into heaven, and is now with God as our High Priest and Advocate. He shall come again personally, visibly, and bodily to judge all people and to establish his kingdom.
Each person who receives, by grace through faith, the Lord Jesus Christ becomes a member of the body of Christ, the church, and is adopted as a child of God. Each member of the body of Christ is indwelt by the Holy Spirit who makes effective Christ's work in this person's life as Teacher, Intercessor and Comforter. The Holy Spirit is the Seal of salvation and Giver of spiritual gifts.
As the Holy Spirit wills, He gives to each member of the body of Christ one or more spiritual gifts. There is no one spiritual gift common to all believers. Spiritual gifts are to be exercised in the context of the church and not for self-edification. The bearers of these gifts are to work in interdependence and unity toward the edification of the body of Christ, the church.
There is one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit equal in power and glory, infinite in being and perfection.
God, the Father, created and preserves all things and has eternally planned for redemption through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Man was created in the image of God. He sinned through disobedience resulting in spiritual and physical death. All human beings are born guilty before God with a sinful nature and from this condition can be saved only by the grace of God, through faith in the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Jesus was begotten by God the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. His divine and human natures are united in one person, fully God and fully man.
Jesus died on the cross for the remission of sin. He arose bodily, ascended into heaven, and is now with God as our High Priest and Advocate. He shall come again personally, visibly, and bodily to judge all people and to establish his kingdom.
Each person who receives, by grace through faith, the Lord Jesus Christ becomes a member of the body of Christ, the church, and is adopted as a child of God. Each member of the body of Christ is indwelt by the Holy Spirit who makes effective Christ's work in this person's life as Teacher, Intercessor and Comforter. The Holy Spirit is the Seal of salvation and Giver of spiritual gifts.
As the Holy Spirit wills, He gives to each member of the body of Christ one or more spiritual gifts. There is no one spiritual gift common to all believers. Spiritual gifts are to be exercised in the context of the church and not for self-edification. The bearers of these gifts are to work in interdependence and unity toward the edification of the body of Christ, the church.
Our Membership Covenant
Believing that we have been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord, Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant one with another, as one body in Christ.
We promise, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love, to strive for the advancement of His Church through knowledge, holiness and truth; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also endeavor to maintain family and personal devotions, to teach our children the Christian truths, to seek the salvation of all humanity, to walk up-rightly in the world, to be just in our dealings, faithful in our commitments and zealous in our efforts to advance the Kingdom of our Savior.
We further promise to watch over each other in brotherly love, to remember each other in prayer, to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy and courtesy, to be slow to take offense but quick to forgive, as is our Lord.
We also promise that when we sever our relationship with this fellowship we will unite with another Christian fellowship to further the spirit of this covenant and the ministry of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
We promise, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love, to strive for the advancement of His Church through knowledge, holiness and truth; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also endeavor to maintain family and personal devotions, to teach our children the Christian truths, to seek the salvation of all humanity, to walk up-rightly in the world, to be just in our dealings, faithful in our commitments and zealous in our efforts to advance the Kingdom of our Savior.
We further promise to watch over each other in brotherly love, to remember each other in prayer, to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy and courtesy, to be slow to take offense but quick to forgive, as is our Lord.
We also promise that when we sever our relationship with this fellowship we will unite with another Christian fellowship to further the spirit of this covenant and the ministry of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Copyright Chepachet Union Church
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