Elder Vows:

1. Do you reaffirm your faith in Jesus Christ as your own personal Lord and Savior?   I do.

2. Do you subscribe to the government and discipline of Jefferson Park Baptist?  I do.

3. Do you promise to submit to your fellow elders in the Lord? I do, with God’s help.

4. Have you been induced, as far as you know your own heart, to accept the office of elder from love of God and sincere desire to promote His glory in the Gospel of His Son? I have.

5. Do you promise to be zealous and faithful in promoting the truths of the Gospel and the purity and peace of the Church, whatever persecution or opposition may arise to you on that account? I do, with God’s help.

6. Will you be faithful and diligent in the exercise of all your duties as elder, whether personal or relative, private or public, and will you endeavor by the grace of God to adorn the profession of the Gospel in your manner of life, and to walk with exemplary piety before this congregation? I will, by the grace of God.

7. Are you now willing to take personal responsibility in the life of this congregation as an elder to oversee the ministry and resources of the church, and to devote yourself to prayer, the ministry of the Word and the shepherding of God’s flock, relying upon the grace of God, in such a way that Jefferson Park Baptist, and the entire Church of Jesus Christ will be blessed? I am, with the help of God.

Congegational Vows:

1. Do you, the members of Jefferson Park Baptist, acknowledge and publicly receive this man as an elder, as a gift of Christ to this church? We do.

2. Will you love him and pray for him in his ministry, and work together with him humbly and cheerfully, that by the grace of God you may accomplish the mission of the church, giving him all due honor and support in his leadership to which the Lord has called him, to the glory and honor of God? We will, by the grace of God.