The Apostolic Church
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help mePsalm 40:13 (KJV)
www.theapostolicchurch.net
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help mePsalm 40:13 (KJV)
1. A personal testimony of your salvation in Christ [Acts 4:12, Rom 10:9]
2. Your acknowledgement of, and obedience to, the Orders and Officers of the Church, Apostles, Elders, Deacons and Deaconesses [Heb 13:17, Eph 4:11, 1 Cor 12:23]
3. Your presence in the meetings of the church and abidance in full communion: that is not to absent yourself more than three times from Communion without sufficient reasons given for your absence. [Heb 10:25]
4. Your conformity with the Fundamental Doctrines of the Church as well as with the two ordinances, namely, Baptism by Immersion and the Lord's Supper. [11 John 1:9, Rom 6:17, Luke 22:19, 1 Cor 11:24]
5. That you contribute towards the support of the Cause, as taught unto us in the word of God [Gen 14:20, 28:22, Lev 27: 30, 1 Cor 16: 1-2, Matt 23:23, Heb 7: 8-17]
6. That you keep the counsel of the church within the church [Matt 7:6]
7. Endeavoring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace [Eph 4:3]