The minutes of that meeting read as follows:

The Church at Mount Zion of the Free Will Baptist Order did organize together as a body of Christians and to transact the business of the church and to be governed by the word of God and Constitutions under the discipline of the Original Free Will Baptists of North Carolina, do constitute this body to transact this business in faith, asking God to sit as their Chief Moderator in all things.  The Church Covenant was read and explained and adopted as follows:  “Having been brought as we believe by divine grace to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior do now solemnly and joyfully covenant and agree by God’s help to walk together in brotherly love.  We therefore enter into covenant as members of this church and as Christians:  That we will watch over each other in love.  Sharing together each other’s joys and sorrow, that we will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together nor omit the great duty of prayer for ourselves and others that by divine assistance we will endeavor to bring up those under our care in the nurture and admonitions of the Lord, that in all things we will strive to exemplify our profession by a corresponding practice;  to abstain from all sinful conformity to the world, to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements and exemplary in all our departments;  that we will abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage; that we will sustain the worship, ordinance, disciplines and doctrine of this church;  that we will contribute cheerfully according to our ability, to support of the ministry, the expense of the church, the relief of the poor and the general spread of the gospel.”