Crawford County, Ga., Nov. 19, 1825
Constitution of the Church of Christ at Union. We the members of the Baptist order who compose the Church of Union being met to gather according to previous appointment do agree to enroll our names and being found in order dox by presbytry. We agree to be constituted into a Church capacity and become one body to walk and love one another for good and to keep house for the Lord and was constituted on the day above written by our beloved brethren.
Theoplus Pearce
John Blackstone
Jonathan Neal
The Presbytry
Names of the members at the constitution:
| MALES | FEMALES |
| Micayah Carliles | Nancy Dukes |
| Drury Dukes | Tabitha Bateman |
| John Walker | Estes Powell |
| Hiram Powell | Elizabeth Tucker |
| William Tucker | Permia Powell |
| Seth Durham |
We do certify that the above named brethren was constituted by us on the day and date written above.
Theoplus Pearce
John Blackstone
Jonathan Neal
The following Principles of our Faith
1. We believe in one only true and living God and there are three Gods head, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God and the only rule of faith and practice.
3. We believe in the doctrine of internal and pesticular election.
4. We believe in the doctrine of origin sin.
5. We believe in mans impotancy to recover himself from the fallen state he is in by nature by his own free will and ability.
6. We believe sinners are justified in the site of God only by the imputed righteousness of Christ.
7. We believe that God's elect shall be called, regenerated, and sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
8. We believe that the Saints shall preserve in Grace and never finally fall away.
9. We believe that baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of Jesus Christ and that hire believins and their only subjects of these ordinances and that the true made of baptism is by immersion.
10. We believe in the resurrection of the dead and a general judgement.
11. We believe that the punishment of the wicked will be everlasting and the joys of the righteous be eternal.
12. We believe that no ministries have a right to the administration of the ordinances, only such as are regularly called and come under imposition of hands by the presbytery.
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