CONSTITUTION OF THE LARUE BAPTIST CHURCH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1: ARTICLES OF FAITH
INTRODUCTION - "WHY A CONFESSION OF FAITH IS NECESSARY"
ARTICLE II - GOD, THE HOLY TRINITY
ARTICLE III - THE DECREES OF GOD
ARTICLE VI - THE FALL OF MAN: SIN AND PUNISHMENT
ARTICLE VII - GOD'S COVENANT OF GRACE
ARTICLE VIII - CHRIST, THE MEDIATOR
ARTICLE XV - REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE AND SALVATION
ARTICLE XVII - PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
ARTICLE XVIII - THE ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION
ARTICLE XX - THE GOSPEL AND ITS GRACIOUS EXTENT
ARTICLE XXI - CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE
ARTICLE XXII - WORSHIP AND THE LORD'S DAY
ARTICLE XXIII - CIVIL GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE XXVI - THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
ARTICLE XXVIII - THE LORD'S SUPPER
ARTICLE XXIX - THE STATE OF MAN AFTER DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
ARTICLE XXX - THE LAST JUDGMENT
PART 2: BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I - NAME
ARTICLE II - PURPOSE
ARTICLE III - GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE IV - CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
Section 1 - Definition and Function of Church Membership
Section 2 - Admission to Membership
Section 3 - Withdrawal and Exclusion from Membership
Section 4 - Voting Privileges
Section 5 - Congregational Meetings
ARTICLE V - DISCIPLINE
Section 1 - Formative Discipline
Section 2 - Corrective Discipline
Section 3 - Steps of Corrective Discipline
ARTICLE VI - ELDERS
Section 1 - General Statement
Section 2 - Plurality of Elders
Section 3 - The Senior Pastor
Section 4 - Responsibilities of the Elders
Section 5 - Qualifications
Section 6 - Removal from Office
Section 7 - Appointment to Office
Section 8 - Meetings
Section 9 - Decisions
ARTICLE VII - DEACONS & DEACONESSES
Section 1 - General Statement
Section 2 - Responsibilities of the Deacons
Section 3 - Qualifications
Section 4 - Appointment to Office
Section 5 - Meetings
Section 6 - Deaconnesses
ARTICLE VIII - OTHER MINISTRIES
Section 1 - General Statement
Section 2 - Church Clerk
Section 3 - Church Treasurer
Section 4 - Director of Christian Education
Section 5 - Head Usher
Section 6 - General Qualifications
Section 7 - Other Committees
Section 8 - Legal Trustees
ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE X - DISSOLUTION
"BIBLICAL SUPPORT FOR ELDER-LED CHURCH GOVERNMENT"