Upon its organization, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church adopted the Articles of Faith as
found in the New Hampshire Confession of Faith.  There are other confessions that equally set
forth the basic beliefs that Baptists have held dear through the years.  While these articles are
not inspired, they encapsulate many Bible-inspired doctrines and beliefs.

For every month of the year that contains five Saturdays, Friendship hosts a meeting with
other Baptist Churches of like-faith to preach the Articles of Faith on that 5th Saturday.  Each
preacher is given a short time to preach on one of the articles allowing for 8 to 12 sermons
each meeting on our beloved articles.

The Pastor of Friendship took the varied confessions and placed them into a collective
document.  Click Here to view this document.  Once the document is opened (in Microsoft
Word), you can navigate through the varying confessions of faith by using the links found in
the Table of Contents.  As noted above, Friendship adopted the New Hampshire Confession of
Faith as found in this document.  

If you would like the original cover page to this document, Click Here.







Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our
Saviour, and on the profession of our faith having been baptized In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels and this
assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in
Christ.

We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to
strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness and comfort; to promote its
prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines; to
contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, to the expenses of the
church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.

We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children;
to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to
be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to
abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to be zealous in our
efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour.

We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in
prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling
and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and
mindful of the rules of or Saviour to secure it without delay.

We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite
with some other church, where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles
of God's Word.