Covenant

Acts 29 church planters and their elders covenant together according to the following essentials:

1. We agree that our church will meet all biblical requirements for elders, including that the church will be governed by a plurality of qualified male elders.

2. We agree with the theological beliefs of Acts 29 as a Christian Evangelical Missional Reformed network.

3. We agree to be an active church planting church. This means that when we begin our public services we will give 10% of our internal tithes and offerings (not monies raised from outside the church) to church planting, under local elder authority as follows:

  • Primary funding consideration shall be given to Acts 29-approved planters.
  • However, denominational and network-affiliated plants must honor their agreements with other affiliations and we will arrange the terms on a case by case basis.
  • Furthermore, each plant must also honor any agreement with a funding Acts 29 church.
  • We acknowledge that it is the spirit and not the letter of this principle which is most important, and are willing to extend grace as needed to churches that are financially struggling.
  • If a church plant leaves Acts 29 either of their own choice or for disciplinary reasons they are expected to repay their Acts 29 funding donor(s).
  • If a church plant dissolves whether or not they repay their funding is determined by their covenant with their sponsoring church.