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Constitution Article VII. Covenant of Commitment affords, we will be engaged in works of mercy, such as visiting the sick and imprisoned and the distressed, and all who may need and will accept our ministrations. We will have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but keep ourselves by the grace of God unspotted from the world (Ephesians 5:1-11; 1 Peter 1:5; James 1:27). All this will we do, God being our Helper. Response: We accept the obligations of this Covenant of Commitment in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. C. CONCLUSION 1. The Bible, the Final Lifestyle Authority This Covenant of Commitment is a guideline for all our members, not a system for monitoring or judging one another. Neither is this Covenant of Commitment an exhaustive statement concerning a biblical lifestyle. The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is our complete and final authority. A careful, conscientious, and continual study of God’s Word will reveal to the believer a growing understanding of what it means to live worthy of our calling in Christ Jesus. Any member having difficulty following the biblical lifestyle or this Covenant of Commitment should be given loving nurture and patient instruction in order to lead him to maturity and restoration (Galatians 6:1, 2). 2. Excommunication In spite of every effort to nurture and restore a member, situations do arise in which no alternative but excommunication can be found. When a member refuses to heed the loving admonitions of the church to follow a Christian lifestyle, he or she may be excommunicated from the fellowship of the church. However, excommunication is a last resort, and is administered only in flagrant cases such as heresy, divisiveness, or immorality (Matthew 18:15-17; Titus 3:10; Romans 16:17, 18; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5). 61
Constitution Article VII. Covenant of Commitment 3. The Purpose – Producing Great Commission Christians The primary purpose for this commitment to a disciplined lifestyle is to strengthen our members in their aim to please God as Great Commission Christians, thus firmly establishing the International Pentecostal Holiness <strong>Church</strong> as a Great Commission movement. The International Pentecostal Holiness <strong>Church</strong> has a vital part in world evangelism. Our aim is to lead our people toward their primary goal of pleasing Christ, which will result in the multiplication of believers and churches. 62
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