Baptism
Commitments

Each time that a person follows Jesus into the waters, we want to mark the moment and make a commitment, both as individuals being baptized and as a church family. Those who are getting baptized will come up on stage, a pastor or staff member will read all these commitments out loud, and at the end you can say, “I do.” Then the church commitment will be read and the entire church will say, “I do.”

Individual Commitment:

Do you repent and renounce all past sin, and all of your involvement in the world, the flesh, and the devil?

Do you believe the good news that Jesus is both a teacher and Lord of your life?

Do you receive the Holy Spirit as the gift of God’s empowering presence with you each moment of each day?

Do you commit to apprentice under Jesus for all your life- to make the driving goals of your life to be with Jesus, to become like Jesus, and to live as if he were you?

Do you commit to live under his authority, as it comes to us through the Scriptures, and church history, living in obedience to him?

Do you commit to doing life with Jesus’ community of apprentices, the church, living as family, eating and drinking the Lord’s Supper, and practicing the way of Jesus together?

Church Commitment:

Do you commit to doing life with them as a community of apprentices, the church, living as family, eating and drinking the Lord’s Supper, and practicing the way of Jesus together?

Do you commit to showing the Father’s heart of love and compassion for them, forgiving them when they sin against you and calling them back to obedience and life?

Do you commit to sharing your resources with them as they have need?

Do you also commit to never abandon the journey to Christ like maturity, in both your life and theirs, as both men and women, as apprentices of Jesus, until Jesus returns and we reign with him?