Ordinances

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Ordinance 1 – BAPTISM – We believe that baptism is by immersion in water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  It is prerequisite to church membership and to the Lord’s Supper.  It has no saving power but is a symbol of our faith in a crucified, buried and risen Savior.  It also portrays our death to sin; “that like Christ was raised up from the dead, we also should rise to walk in newness of life.”  (Romans 6:3-5; Acts 2:38, 41; 8:35-39)

Ordinance 2 – LORD’S SUPPER – We believe that the Lord’s Supper is a memorial of the death of Christ; the bread is a symbol of His broken body; the fruit of the vine is a symbol of His shed blood.  We believe it has no saving power.  We believe that only those who have been saved through faith in His atoning blood and baptized by a church of like faith and order should participate in this memorial.  Inasmuch as this is a church ordinance, it should be administered by the church at a time designated by the church.  (Matthew 26:26-30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-24)