Grace Baptist Church

1. All saints are united to Jesus Christ their head by His Spirit and by faith. But this does not mean that they become one person with Him. Yet they have fellowship in His graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory. Also, as they are united to one another in love, they enjoy fellowship in the gifts and graces one of another, and are under obligation to render such services, public and private, as promote their mutual well-being, in both spiritual and temporal matters. (John 1:16; Rom. 1:12; 6:5-6; 1 Cor. 3:21-23; 12:7; Gal. 6:10; Eph. 4:15-16; Phil. 3:10; 1 Thess. 5:11, 14; 1 John 1:3; 3:17-18)

2. By their profession of faith, saints are committed to the maintenance of a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God and in the performance of such other special services as promote their mutual well-being. They are also bound to relieve one another in their temporal concerns according to their various needs and abilities. According to the rule of the gospel, this type of fellowship, while it particularly applies to the family and church relationships of saints, is to be extended, as God gives opportunity, to the whole household of faith, that is to say, to all who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. At the same time, however, it must be understood that such a sharing one with another as saints, does not deprive any man of the title and proprietorship which he has in his own goods and possessions, nor does it infringe such title. (Acts 5:4; 11:29-30; 1 Cor. 12:14-27; Eph. 4:28; 6:4; Heb. 3:12-13; 10:24-25)