Key Moments:
Introduction 00:13
- Pastor Campbell discusses the concept of "promote and sustain" in a church covenant. - He introduces the idea of walking together in Christian love and striving for the advancement of the church.
Promoting the Church's Prosperity and Spirituality 07:13
- Promoting the church's prosperity involves raising its importance and contributing to its growth. - Promoting the church's spirituality involves building up and edifying the members.
Sustaining Worship, Ordinances, Discipline, and Doctrines 22:23
- Sustaining worship involves adoring, respecting, and honoring God through prayer, preaching, listening to the Word, and singing. - Pastor Campbell mentions the two ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper and the importance of maintaining them. - Sustaining discipline involves training and disciplining members in accordance with the Word of God. - Pastor Campbell highlights the foundational doctrines of repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. - The Baptist distinctives, including the Bible as the sole authority, autonomy of the local church, and immersion baptism, are also mentioned as doctrines to sustain.
Conclusion and Call to Prayer 36:36
- Pastor Campbell discusses the possibility of the church moving to a new location and encourages prayer and fasting for God's guidance. - The importance of promoting spirituality and sustaining the church's worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines is reiterated. - Pastor Campbell emphasizes the need to seek the Lord and maintain a focus on the eternal and spiritual aspects of life. |