Preamble

Covenant of the Northern Neck Baptist Association

Preamble

We, the member churches of the Northern Neck Baptist Association, in order to promote and perfect a program of effective witnessing according to the example of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by His concern for all mankind throughout His earthly  ministry: pledge oursleves to fulfill the commands of Christ as recorded in Matthew 25: 35 - 40, "To minister to the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the stranger, the prisoner and the poor in spirit;" to be a resource to the member churches, to lend support to Virginia Union University, Virginia University of Lynchburg, the Baptist General Convention of Virginia, the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention and the Children's Home of Virginia Baptists.

It shall be our perpetual mission to be faithful to the percepts set forth in Matthew chapter twenty-five and the commission given in Matthew 28: 19-20 {"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."} It shall be the aim of this association to promote the cause of Christ by doing missionary and educational work. The funds necessary for doing ministry, providing scholarships to those eligible and fulfllling the tenets of this covenent shall come from the member churches of this association, while we remain a not-for-profit entity devoted to acts of charity and Christian Education.

Amendment One: Dissolution Clause

Upon the dissolution of the Northern Neck Baptist Association assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meanig of section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal govenment, for a public purpose. Any such assets not disposed of shall be disposed of by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction of the country in which the principal office of the assocation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organiztions, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.