The Covenant (1630, 1872)

We who are now brought together and united into one Church under the Lord Jesus Christ, our Head, in such sort as becometh all those whom He hath redeemed and sanctified to Himself, do solemnly and religiously, as in His most holy presence, promise and bind ourselves to walk in all our ways according to the rule of the Gospel, and in all sincere conformity to His holy ordinances, and in mutual love and respect each to other, so near as God shall give us grace.

Covenant Testimony (1990)

We believe that our covenant with God and each other calls us: to love God with all that we are, and our close and distant neighbors as ourselves; to seek peace through justice and equity for all people; to engage in nonviolent resistance to evil; to respect and preserve God’s earth; to foster community across every barrier and division; to attend to God’s unfolding and reconciling Word; to support each other in our frailties and strengths, that we may embody that love which overcomes fear and death. This we testify, confessing always our reliance on God’s grace in Christ, and on the power of the Holy Spirit.