We are a Faithful and Welcoming congregation and we strive to be
o Faithful... to God our Father and Creator, to Jesus Christ, our Lord and only Savior, and
to the Holy Spirit
o Faithful... to the Bible as our ultimate authority for faith and practice
o Faithful... to the apostolic faith declared by the Church across the years and around the
world and reaffirmed in our historic traditions
o Faithful... to the preservation of the family, and to the practice and proclamation of
human sexuality as God's gift for marriage between a man and a woman
o Welcoming... to all who seek through repentance and faith to do the will of God
o Welcoming... to fresh insight from the Scriptures that is consistent with our commitment
to Biblical authority
o Welcoming... to new ideas of how our congregations may experience health and growth to
transform our world through the gospel of Jesus Christ
Smithfield Avenue Congregational Church has been
around for over 100 years.
Smithfield Avenue Congregational Church is a community
of God's people called to worship, to teach, to serve others in the way of our Lord Jesus Christ - all to God's glory.
ARTICLE I. NAME
The
name of this Church Corporation shall be the "Smithfield Avenue Congregational Church” located in Pawtucket, County
of Providence and State of Rhode Island.
ARTICLE II. OBJECT
The object of this Church shall be to
seek to build up its membership in the knowledge of God as revealed in Jesus Christ, endeavoring to make His will dominant
in the lives of people, individually and collectively, especially as that will is set forth in the gospel of Jesus Christ,
and to work for the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth.
ARTICLE III. GOVERNMENT
Section
1. This Church acknowledges the Lord Jesus Christ as its head and receives the Holy Scriptures as its only infallible guide
in matters of faith, order and discipline. It is amenable to no other ecclesiastical body, but recognizes the obligations
and privileges or fellowship common to Congregational Churches, and the fellowship of all Christian Churches of whatever denominational
connection, by seeking and extending that fellowship, sympathy, advice, and cooperation which the law of Christ demands.