Clearly, years ago, the New Covenant core group planted a church with the desire to follow the New Testament model.
They were taught that:1. The Church is not an organization, but a living organism. 2. The Church, as a living organism, must be filled with and led by the Spirit of God. Here, therefore, are the family traits of New Covenant members:
- They desire to bring glory to God;
- They live with the goal of personifying the love of Christ;
- They seek to enter the process of becoming mature disciples, and determine to help other believers in doing the same;
- They are faithful to evangelize the lost, worship the Lord, gather for fellowship, and minister to those in need;
- They seek to better understand the Scriptures;
- They depend on the power of the Holy Spirit;
- They love assembling in groups (large or small), and take great delight in times of prayer and Bible study together.;
- They understand and respect the need of developing leadership; and
- They realize they are witnesses unto Christ, who is the head of the body (the Church).
In Christ and Led By The Holy Spirit
Your new church family firmly believes that Christ has made each member of His church alive in the Spirit. New Covenant believes that the church is to live, walk, worship, witness, and be led of the Spirit in bringing unity to the body of Christ and life to the world. In many ways these traits have worked out other distinctions in the New Covenant family. This Spiritual Family: