We declare and establish this Constitution to preserve and secure the principles of our faith and to govern the Church in an orderly manner while pursuing its ministries. This Constitution will guide this Church in conducting Christ's ministries locally, nationally, and across all boarders as He leads.

1. Name

This Church Shall be known as Faith Family Ministries, a Southern Baptist Church, located at 1233 Highway 92 Silsbee Texas.

2. Purpose Statement

To bring people to Jesus and membership in his family, to develop them to Christ like maturity, and equip them for their ministry in the Church and life mission in the world in order to Magnify the wonderful name of God. To be a church whose purpose is to be Christ like in our daily living by emphasizing total commitment of life, personality and possessions to the Lordship of Christ.

3. Core Values

The Holy Bible is the Inspired, Infallible Word of God and is the foundation for our core values. This Church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of "Baptist Faith and Message" as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in A. D. 2000. We band ourselves together as of baptized believers in Christ Jesus personally committed to sharing the good news of salvation and new life to the backslidden and lost mankind. The Ordinances of this Church are Believers Baptism and the Lords Supper.

4. Relationships

The Government of this Church is vested in the Pastor and Members who compose it. It is subjected to the control of no other ecclesiastical body, but it recognizes and sustains the obligation of mutual council and cooperation which are common among Baptist Churches. In so far as it is practical, this Church will cooperate with and support the Association, The Southern Baptist of Texas State Convention and The Southern Baptist Convention nationally.

5. Church Covenent

***We Covenent With God Our Father***

We accept, O Lord, Your forgiveness for the sins we have committed, and pray that you will stop their harmful effects; we covenant with You, to be forgiving persons.

We recognize, O Lord, the steadfastness of your Faithfulness to us; we return that commitment and return to your our lives and Your service.

We thank You O Lord, for touching our hearts and lives with Your healing; we covenent with You to be healers to others.

We thank you, our Father, for making us aware of Your presence; we covenant with You, to watch for, wait upon and depend upon Your help daily in our lives.

We thank you O Lord, for making us aware of who we are, and for helping us to understand others; we covenant with You to be understanding persons.

We thank you, O Lord, for accepting us as persons, when we are so far from being Holy and Righteous; we covenant with You to accept others even when they do not measure up to our standards.

We Thank You, O Lord, for being interested in our lives; we covenant with You to let your Son Jesus be our Lord.

We thank you, O Lord, for breaking some of the sinful bonds on our lives; we covenant with You to be Christian toward those who are not experiencing this freedom.

We thank you, O Lord, for loving us when we do not deserve Your love; we covenant with You to love others as You have loved us.

***We Covenant Individually With One Another***

Because God accepted me, I accept you, my Brethren, into my life and into my care.

I covenant to accept you as you are, and hope that we can grow together to be mature children of God.

Because I have experienced the forgiveness of God in my life, I covenant with you, as a brother in Christ, to forgive you, even when I feel the pain you may cause me.

Because I know God's help and support in my life, I covenant, my brethren, to support you to the best of my abilities, in time of your grief, stress and sickness.

Because we are members of Christ's body, the Church, I covenant with you to share with you, my life and service with all of its joys and sorrows.

I covenant to be concerned about you and your family. I promise to defend you as brethren from those who would deny you their love and respect.

I covenant to be honest with you even when it may be painful to us both.

I covenant to respond when you try to help me. I promise to trust that you act from a concern for me.

I covenant with you, that from now on, I will commit my life to be your friend in Jesus Christ, the One who has touched us all and given our lives meaning.

***We Covenant Together***

To apply our faith to all aspects of life; to strive with a more perfect society in keeping with the Spirit of God; to be faithful stewards of our time, influence, abilities, and possessions; to use them wisely and fully; to assemble ourselves together regularly for worship, evangelism, discipleship, ministry and fellowship; to pray for one another; to encounter God daily through reading the scriptures and prayer; and to be faithful to this fellowship of Christians. AMEN

6. Amendments to Constitution and Church Covenent

No part of this Constitution and Church Covenant may be altered in any way without consent of Pastor and Membership.