COVENANT

       Having been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and having been baptized we do now in the presence of God and angels and this assembly, most solemnly and sincerely enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.

      We engage therefore by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Conference and all churches affiliated with it; to promote its spiritual and temporal prosperity; to sustain the worship of the true living God in knowledge, comfort and holiness; to uphold its ordinances and doctrines as found in the Bible; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to support as God may prosper us; to assist its various churches with their expenses as far as is reasonable; to relieve the sick and destitute; and to work for the spreading of the gospel throughout all the nations of the earth.

      We also agree not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together at the communion and all other appointed meetings of the Conference, to attend each one of them as much as possibly can.

      We further agree to maintain family and secret devotion; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances, together with those we may contact from time to time; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings; faithful in our deportment; to abstain from the sale of intoxicating drinks as a beverage; to be zealous in our efforts to advance the cause of temperance and the Kingdom of Christ.

      We also engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayers; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to be slow to take offense; to be ready for reconciliation, ever mindful of the teachings of our Saviour, and secure it without delay.

CONSTITUTION

Preamble

      Believing in God, the Father, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and in His only Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who is our true example of perfect man, and the express image of the Father, and in the Holy Spirit, the constant guide and comforter of every Christian, be it resolved.

     That whereas, we the members of the Christian denomination desiring to speedly advance the cause of Christianity, strengthen and encourage true fellowship among us, preserve, maintain, and promote sound doctrine, to extend the ordinances as laid down by the Bible, to incite to the true holiness, to mutually share our sympathies and enjoyments do here ordain and establish the Constitution for the government of the Scioto Valley Christian Conference.