Churches Together: Oxted and District

COVENANT

We, the Churches of Oxted and District

• recognise that Christ wills the unity of his Church;

• acknowledge the sincerity of each tradition of faith;

• rejoice in our common Christian faith and heritage;

• give thanks to the Holy Spirit for leading us into closer friendship

and unity of purpose.

So we covenant with each other to

• continue our pilgrimage towards a visible unity, praying

that God will lead us to the form that it will eventually take;

• share our Christian life together as fully as we can,

in love and service to God and to God’s world.

To do this we will:

• worship, pray and study together so that we may understand,

know and value each other ;

• wherever possible, carry out our mission to our local

community and the wider world as Churches Together ;

• commit ourselves, as individual churches and together,

to find ways to promote unity;

• every year, review our progress towards these objectives.

We commend each other to the love of God, Father, Son and Holy

Spirit, and pray for God’s wisdom and strength to fulfil this Covenant.