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North Church manual, 1742–1867 · scan page 25

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CONSTITUTION.
i  Articles  of  Agreement  assented  to  and  received  hy  the  Church  of
Christy  founded  and  established  in  the  United  Societies  of
White  Haven  and  Fair  Haven,  in  New  Haven,
1.  This  Church  is  free  and  independent,  subject  to  the
government  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  great  Head  of  the
Church.
\         2.  The  members  of  this  Church,  and  all  who  shall  here-
^      after  become  members  thereof,  are,  by  their  lives  and  con-
\     versation,  to  appear  as  the  friends  of  virtue  and  religion.
3.  The  children  of  professing  Christians  are  entitled
to  the  ordinance  of  baptism.
:         4.  Adult  persons  not  baptized  in  infancy,  by  profess-
ing the  faith  of  this  Church,  and  entering  into  covenant
I     with  it,  are,  in  consequence,  entitled  to  all  the  privilege  s
thereof.
5.  No  member  of  this  Church  shall  be  subject  to  dis-
\  cipline,  or  censure,  but  for  immoral  conduct,  for  lia-
'     habitual  neglect  of  church  ordinances,  or  for  an  open  and
explicit  renunciation  of  the  fundamental  doctrines  of  re-
•     vealed  religion.
6.  The  Pastor  of  the  Church  shall  be  Moderator,  and
shall  have  a  casting  vote,  should  the  votes  of  members
at  any  time  be  equally  divided.
;  7.  No  alteration  or  amendment  in  this  Constitution
^  shall  take  place,  unless  by  the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  the
■  members,  in  church  meeting  especially  called  for  tlie
\  purpose.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P003-0025. North Church manual, 1742–1867, printed page not verified, PDF page 25. North Church (New Haven, Conn.). 4n; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualofnorthchu00nort/page/n25/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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