We believe the local church is composed of members who have been saved and baptized according to the command of Christ, and have voluntarily united together for the purposes of worship, fellowship, service, and observance of the ordinances of baptism and communion. (Matthew 16:16-18, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:41-43, Acts 11:15, Acts 20:28, I Corinthians 15:51-58, Ephesians 1:12-14, Ephesians 5:25-30, I Timothy 3:4-15)