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personal testimony of your salvation in Christ [Acts 4:12, Rom 10:9]
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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]
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Your presence in the meetings of the church and abidance in full
communion: that is not to absent yourself more that three times from
Communion without sufficient reasons given for your absence. [Heb
10:25]
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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]
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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]
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That you keep the counsel of the church within the church [Matt 7:6]
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Endeavoring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
[Eph 4:3]
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