CARROLLTON  BAPTIST CHURCH IN ESSENCE is an assembly of believers who have been given a divine reason for existing. More than programs and special ministries, CBC is a living community in Christ Jesus whose mission is to faithfully carry out the Great Commission and to exemplify the characteristics of a New Testament church.

BECAUSE IT IS OUR DESIRE TO BE A MODEL CHURCH, there are several objectives which we must attempt to meet if this is to be realized. Striving to truly know God is the foremost priority. Approaching this objective will be manifested through Spirit-led corporate worship as well as by a high view of, and total submission to, the authority of God's Word. Another priority is the spreading of the Gospel. As a church, we truly fall short of modeling the New Testament role if there is failure to evangelize our world. Our task is to faithfully obey this commission. Maturing into Christ-likeness is a third priority. Performed by the Holy Spirit, this ministry is accomplished as the believer grows in the knowledge and understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ.

IN OUR EFFORT TO BECOME A MODEL CHURCH, we will strive to reach the essence of the following: passionately exalting Christ in everything; joyfully extending mercy to everyone.

CHURCH COVENANT

We, the saints of Carrollton Baptist Church, having, as we trust, been brought by Divine Grace to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and to give up ourselves to Him, trusting in His Holy Spirit to sanctify and perfect us, and having been baptized upon our profession of faith, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, relying on His gracious aid, solemnly and joyfully enter into this covenant with our Lord and with each other.

We will work and pray for the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

We will walk together in brotherly love, as becomes the members of a Christian Church; exercise an affectionate care and watchfulness over each other; and faithfully admonish and entreat one another as occasion may may require.

We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to
pray for ourselves and others.

We will endeavor to bring up such as may at any time be under our care,
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and by a pure and loving
example to seek the salvation of our family and friends.

We will rejoice at each other's happiness, and endeavor with tenderness
and sympathy to bear each other's burdens and sorrows.

We will seek, by Divine aid, to live carefully in the world, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, and remembering that, as we have been
voluntarily buried by baptism and raised again from the symbolic grave,
so there is on us a special obligation now to lead a new and holy life.

We will work together for the continuance of a faithful evangelical
ministry in this Church, as we sustain its worship, ordinances,
discipline, and doctrines. We will contribute cheerfully and regularly
to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of
the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.

We will, when we move from this place, 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.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all.   
Amen.