PeopleOfPraise.org
Title
People of Praise |
Description
The People of Praise
On October 15, 1971, in South Bend, IN, 29 people made a covenant together to form the People of Praise—a Christian, charismatic, covenant community. Today there are over 3,000 of us (approximately 1,800 adult members and 1,500 children). We have 21 branches across the US, Canada and the Caribbean.
Our covenant makes our life together possible . After an initial period of discernment and preparation that can last as long as six years, those who are interested are invited to become full members by making a definitive and permanent commitment—the Covenant of the People of Praise. In making the covenant, "We accept the responsibility for mutual care, concern and ministry among ourselves." We agree to "serve one another and the community as a whole in all needs: spiritual, material, financial" (The Spirit and Purpose of the People of Praise). As we live out this covenant commitment our love for one another and joy in each other grow deeper and stronger.
"By baptism we are made heirs of heaven, brothers and sisters of Christ, and children of God (Romans 8:17, 29), which is the basis of our life together" (The Spirit and Purpose of the People of Praise). We are members of many different denominations and attend many different local churches, but we don't let our denominational differences divide us. While we respect each other's doctrinal convictions we do everything we can to live our Lord's prayer for us, "That they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou has sent me" (John 17:21).
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