A Covenant of Personal Life. . . . Part of Christian living is the conscious and regular commitment to disciplines that help us become faithful disciples. This includes managing one's self, one's inner life and mind, as well as personal habits and relationships. A commitment in this area might include personal Bible reading and prayer, regular worship with the congregation, participation in a church study group, better care for one's own body and health, and development of other activities that lead to the renewal and wholeness of life. A Covenant of Community Life. . . .
Christian faith is always personal but never only private.
We are called by Christ to a community where we rejoice together, bear one another's burdens, share responsibility for encouraging one another in the faith, and reach out together to the world around us proclaiming the good news of God's love in word and deed. Faithfulness to the gospel leads to the stewardship of our community life in the church locally and globally. Christians should make commitments to serve in the congregations and in the local communities. A Covenant of Public Life. . . . Stewardship is our joyful, grateful response to God by which we accept responsibility for the kind of world in which we live and the kind of world God is determined to make.