Acknowledge You are a sinner and totally separated from God. "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." - Romans 3:23

Understand The penalty for your sin is death. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." - Romans 6:23

Repent Turn away from your own ways. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted that your sins may be blotted out" - Acts 3:19

Believe Jesus Christ died to pay for your sins. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..." - Acts 16:31

Receive Call on the Lord to save you. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:13

Don't wait You may not have another opportunity. "...behold now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation." - II Corinthians 6:2

Right now you can ask God to save you through Jesus Christ. He is not as concerned with your words as He is with the sincerity of your heart. You can pray something like this: "Dear God, I acknowledge that I'm a sinner but I believe that Jesus paid the penalty for my sins. I would like to turn away from my sin and accept your free gift of forgiveness. I ask you now to be my Lord, and to give to me eternal life. Amen." If you sincerely prayed that prayer, God has forgiven your sins and made you a child of God. We would be delighted to provide you with additional information on how to develop as a mature Christian. Please tell us of your decision. For spiritual counseling, call the church office at 401-231-1980.

If you are a new believer in Christ, let us encourage you to:

Be assured Eternal life starts now. "Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life" - John 5:24

Be renewed The Lord has set you free from the past. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." - II Corinthians 5:17

Be mature God wants all of us to grow in our walk with Him. "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..." - II Peter 3:18

Be productive The Lord has given you unique gifts and abilities for use in His body, the Church. "For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ." - I Corinthians 12:12