Distinctives: Covenantal Family Life / Community

  Covenantal Family Life/Community

 

 

Family can quite honestly be described as the glue that holds together the worldview we have presented here. While certainly not central to all of life, family is the primary God-ordained tool to influence the world for righteousness and to grow the church. The family is altogether being destroyed in Western civilization by our neglect of God's clear commands and Biblical patterns/purpose for family life. We will unashamedly stand for Biblical manhood, training men to courageously lead their families as prophets, priests, and kings in the name and pattern of Christ Himself, sacrificially loving their wives and children as Christ loves His Church. We will unashamedly stand for Biblical virtuous womanhood/feminity, teaching women to glory in being faithful help-meets to their husbands and dominion-oriented keepers of the home economy, submitting joyfully to their husbands as the Church does to Christ. We will stand for male headship in the leadership of the local church as clearly taught by Christ's apostles in His name. Our goal is also to have the whole family worship together as a unifying act of glory to God. This draws the family together, strengthening it, and building bridges to future generations for continued covenant faithfulness. The Covenantal family, worshiping together in a Covenantal church, is God's desire for us.  Lastly, we affirm the necessity for distinctively Christian discipleship-based education to be provided for our covenant children by their parents as part of family life in covenant with the Lord our God.