Seventh-day Adventist

CHURCH MANUAL
Revised 2005 17th Edition

Published by the Secretariat General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Copyright © 2005 by the Secretariat, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Unless otherwise indicated, all Bible texts are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Texts credited to NEB are from The New English Bible. © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970. Reprinted by permission. Texts credited to NIV are from the Holy Bible, New …show more content…

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CHAPTER 6 Church Membership ........................................................................ Membership on a Spiritual Basis ................................................... Baptism a Gospel Requirement ..................................................... Baptism a Prerequisite to Church Membership ....................... Mode of Baptism ...................................................................... Ministers Thoroughly to Instruct Candidates Previous to Baptism ........................................................................... Public Examination .................................................................. Baptismal Covenant ................................................................. Baptismal Vow and Baptism ......................................................... Baptismal Vow ........................................................................ Vow ..................................................................................... Vow (Alternative) ................................................................ Certificate of Baptism and Commitment .................................. Commitment