How it all started...
Canaan Christian Covenant was organized on September 25, 1985 in Oakland, CA as 66 members desired to establish a church based on the New Testament model. Throughout its history, Canaan has demonstrated the love of Christ as we endeavor to build up the faith, hope, and love of our members and the immediate community.
Canaan Christian Covenant is committed to sharing the love of God and the message of Good News throughout the world. We welcome people of all ages & cultural backgrounds as we joyfully celebrate worship and fellowship, and carry out ministries of evangelism, discipleship, Christian education and community outreach.
One who visits Canaan Christian Covenant will find:
Canaan Christian Covenant is committed to sharing the love of God and the message of Good News throughout the world. We welcome people of all ages & cultural backgrounds as we joyfully celebrate worship and fellowship, and carry out ministries of evangelism, discipleship, Christian education and community outreach.
One who visits Canaan Christian Covenant will find:
- Membership open to all who accept Christ as Savior and Lord
- Relevant- Joyful - Christ Centered Worship
- Timely Christ Centered messages
- A concern for all God’s people and their needs
- A warm and friendly environment
Membership
Our congregation receives new members who come to us in one of the following ways:
Canaan Christian Covenant welcomes as new members, all believers in Jesus as Lord and Savior who are interested in:
- Candidate for Baptism: Upon the profession of faith in Christ, as Lord, Savior, and Forgiver of your sins.
- Transfer of Membership: This is done by the submittal of a letter to Canaan Christian Covenant from your former church home.
- Christian Experience: You are inactive as a church member and wish to activate your church membership and renew your relationship with Jesus Christ.
Canaan Christian Covenant welcomes as new members, all believers in Jesus as Lord and Savior who are interested in:
- Searching the Scriptures.
- Seeking to share faith in Christ with others.
- Serving through a loving and caring ministry among persons who are broken, burdened, bruised, and beaten by life.
- Sharing your Time, Talents, and Treasure for advancing the Kingdom of God.
- Strengthening your daily walk, worship, and prayer life in relationship with God.
- Striving to be a humble instrument of unity, peace, and fellowship in the church family.
Church Covenant
Having been led, as we believe by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior and, on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings; faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, excessive anger; to abstain from the sale of, and use of, intoxicating drinks as a beverage; to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense; but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.
We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other Church where we can carry out the spirit of the covenant, and the principles of God’s Word.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines, to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings; faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, excessive anger; to abstain from the sale of, and use of, intoxicating drinks as a beverage; to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior.
We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense; but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.
We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other Church where we can carry out the spirit of the covenant, and the principles of God’s Word.
