The Act of Dedication

United Pentecostal Church, Anytown, State
Pastor Simon Peter
Date, 200-

Minister : We set apart this house to the worship of the living God, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Congregation : We devote it to the preaching of the Gospel, to reach souls and to the education of Christians in the knowledge of spiritual truth in all the activities of the Christian life.

Minister : Here shall the prayer and praise ascend to god. Here shall the ordinances of the Lord’s house be sacredly observed.

Congregation : Here shall the Word of God, which lives and abides forever, be sounded out for the salvation of the perishing, and shine as a perpetual light to guide God’s pilgrims through the night of time to the land of everlasting light.

Minister : Here may children of sin and sorrow find a refuge from despair and ruin. Here may Christians find a harbor to which they can resort when the tempest is high.

Congregation : May no words of strife ever be heard within these walls, no unholy spirit of pride or worldliness find entrance here.

Minister : And may God graciously accept this offering of a house in His name, an offering made be grateful hearts and willing hands, and bless every heart that shares in this gift.

Congregation : May multitudes here be born again, so that when all these here today shall have gone to their eternal home, others will take up the service until Jesus comes and all His are gathered home.

Minister : To the glory of God, by whose favor we worship here.

Congregation : We dedicate this house.

Minister : For worship in prayer and song; for the ministry of the word; for the observance of the holy ordinances.

Congregation : We dedicate this house.

Minister : To the sanctification of the family; to the training and nurture of childhood; to the inspiration of youth and the salvation of all.

Congregation : We dedicate this house.

Minister : To the help of the needy; to the promotion of brotherhood, and to may who will be added to this church, such as should be saved according to Acts 2:38.

Congregation : We dedicate this house.