FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
A Member of the American Baptist Churches, USA

READING, PA.

Staff

Choral Director
Scott Schwartz

Bell Choir Director
Kathy Seltzer

Organist
Vicky Morici

Parish Nurse
Jean Smith

Custodian
Manuel Rivera

First Baptist Church Reading, Pennsylvania
(adopted July 10, 1988)

Having been led by the Spirit of God to profess our faith in Jesus Christ, and having been baptized in the name of the rather, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we do solemnly and joyfully affirm our covenant with God and with each other. We pledge to serve Christ through the fellowship of this congregation. We shall love one another, remember one another in prayer, share in each other's joys, and sustain each other in time of distress. We aspire to be a fellowship of the concerned, in which the lost may find Jesus Christ, sinners may find pardon, seekers may find meaning for their lives, and all may find welcome. We shall strive to be responsible church members, through faithful attendance, service, and financial support and to enrich our spiritual lives through personal and family prayer and through regular reading and study of the Holy Scriptures.

We shall seek to be obedient to Christ in our daily living. Within our home, in our labor, and while at leisure, we shall strive for attitudes and actions that will reflect God's working through us. Believing that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, we shall avoid experiences and habits that abuse the body and mind, rendering us ineffective as Christian witnesses.

Bound together in a fellowship of faith with all who confess Jesus Christ as lord and Savior, we shall pray and labor for a spirit of unity among all people.

We believe that our call to be a church is a call to witness for Jesus Christ in the world. Whenever people are in bondage to ignorance, poverty, fear, or prejudice, we shall strive for justice, freedom, dignity, and peace. Whenever people are separated by barriers of hostility and distrust, we shall endeavor to be ministers of God's reconciling love.

In fulfillment of the command of Christ to proclaim the Gospel to all people, we pledge our support of the mission outreach of the Church.

We also pledge that, when we move from this place, we will, as soon as possible, unite with another church in which we can continue to carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.

Acknowledging our weaknesses and ever seeking forgiveness, we profess our need of the Holy Spirit. We commit our lives to Jesus Christ, and through Him to the loving care, the judgment, the deliverance end the mercy of Almighty God.