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We promise to pray, alone and together, to thank God and to ask for God’s help in our lives and in our work for our Church, and we promise to listen to God’s answer to us.
Our Promises to Our Church Family
We promise to support our Pastor so that his efforts can be most productive.
We promise to try to discover what is best for our Church as a whole, not what may be best for us or for some small group in the Church.
Our Promises to Each Other
We promise to treat our time in meetings as opportunities to make an important gift to our Church.
We promise to listen with an open, nonjudgmental mind to the words and ideas of the others in our Church.
We promise to discuss, debate, and disagree openly in meetings, expressing ourselves as clearly and honestly as possible, so that we are certain that others understand our point of view.
We promise to support the final decision when it is made, whether it reflects our view or not.
Reprinted by permission of the Alban Institute from Behavioral Covenants in Congregations: A Handbook for Honoring Differences © 1999 The Alban Institute, Inc.