Covenant Baptist New Members Class Acts 2:42-47What characterized the first church?The church loved God’s Word and loved each otherWorshipped God and shared good news with othersWe want to see all that here at CBCAs is often the case, the exciting fruit that we see is supported by some important things underneath:The church gathered together regularlyThe church lived life togetherThe church enjoye...

Covenant Baptist New Members Class “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” -Matthew 28:18-20Personal Eva...

Covenant Baptist New Members Class The Early ChurchTwo great struggles: Doctrinal Error and PersecutionConstantine (Became Emperor of Rome in 311)• Edict of Milan (313) granted toleration of ChristianityEdict of Thessalonica (380) made Christianity the official religion of the Roman EmpireThe Great Schism (1054): East breaks with WestThe ReformationMartin Luther (born 1483)Experienced a long strug...

Covenant Baptist New Members Class The Purpose of the Church in the Book of EphesiansContext:Chapter 1: beautiful description of our salvation.Chapter 2, Part 1: How we’re saved (Ephesians 2:4)Chapter 2, Part 2- Chapter 3: Primary implication of our salvation (Ephesians 3:6)Why did God do all this?“…so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and aut...

Covenant Baptist New Members Class Dear friends,We are thrilled to have you all here for Session 2 of our New Membership Class! During this session, we will be covering our Church Covenant at CBC. As its name states, a Church Covenant is that which we as a church body are committing (or covenanting) to one another to uphold both in our own lives personally and in the life of our church. It is diff...

Most simply, our statement says that CBC is a Christian, Evangelical, Baptist, Congregational church. This statement was adapted from the BFM 2000 but really first published by a committee of the Baptist Convention and was named the New Hampshire Confession 1833. The confession was reissued with minor changes in 1853 by J. Newton Brown of the American Baptist Publication Society. It is one of the ...