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ARTICLE 8: Sacraments

A sacrament or ordinance is a commanded act, ordained by Jesus Christ while on the earth, recorded in the New Testament, a means of grace to those with true faith in Christ, and to be obeyed by His churches until He comes in glory to judge the living and the dead. We hold that there are two sacraments or ordinances for the local church: baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
A.
Baptism
Only believers or confessed disciples are proper candidates for baptism. Baptism will be conducted accordingly, by immersion, “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit” , to confessed disciples.

Matt. 28:19 KJV Read in context

19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

The local church alone has authority to baptize. We will baptize new believers and those coming into membership who have not been baptized accordingly.
B.
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper was instituted by Christ for local churches to participate in .

Matt. 28:20 KJV Read in context

20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

1 Cor. 11:23-26 KJV Read in context

23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

2nd London Baptist Confession · Chapter 28, Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper

1Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of positive and sovereign institution, appointed by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver, to be continued in His church to the end of the world.

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2nd London Baptist Confession · Chapter 30, Of the Lord's Supper

1The Supper of the Lord Jesus was instituted by Him the same night wherein He was betrayed, to be observed in His churches, unto the end of the world, for the perpetual remembrance, and shewing forth the sacrifice of Himself in His death, confirmation of the faith of believers in all the benefits thereof, their spiritual nourishment, and growth in Him, their further engagement in, and to all duties which they owe to Him; and to be a bond and pledge of their communion with Him, and with each other.

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Local churches alone have the authority to administer the Lord’s Supper. It is for the members of local churches. We will allow the Lord’s Supper to be taken by our members in good standing and to members in good standing of other biblical churches. We view the Lord’s Supper as a means of grace to all believers in Christ who partake. We will participate in the Lord’s Supper on a weekly basis for the spiritual nurture of our souls.
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