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That the visible church of Christ is a congregation of true and faithful believers who have gained Christian fellowship with each other and have agreed to live
together in love and keep up a Godly discipline according to the New Testament and ought
therefore to be inaccessible to the wicked and unrighteous, also exempt, separate and
distinct from all institutions or human combinations unauthorized by the scriptures.
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That Jesus Christ is the Great Head of the Church and only law-giver, that
the government is with the body and is the privilege of each individual. Gospel discipline
should be used to preserve peace and order in principal or practice and should be kept up
faithfully for God's glory and the peace and unity of the church.
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Water baptism (by immersion), the Lord's supper and washing the Saints' feet
are ordinances of the Lord and His Kingdom and should be continued until His second
coming.
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True believers in Christ are the only proper subjects of baptism and
immersion is the only proper mode.
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None but regularly ordained, orthodox and orderly ministers have a right to
administer the ordinances of the Church.
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