PREAMBLE
We declare and establish this Constitution for the preservation and security of the principle of our faith, and that this Body may be governed in an orderly manner. This Constitution will preserve the liberties in each individual member of this Church and the freedom of action of this Body in its relation to other Churches.

                                                               Article I Name and Purpose
Section 1.01 --- Name
This Body shall be known as the BROOKHILL BAPTIST CHURCH of ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, located on Bandy Road in Roanoke County.

Section 1.02 --- Purpose
This Congregation is organized as a church exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 510(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Revenue Law), including, but not limited to, for such purposes, the establishing and maintaining of religious worship, the building, maintaining and operating of church, parsonages, schools, chapels, radio stations, television stations, rescue missions, print shops, day-care centers, camps, and nursing homes; the evangelizing of the unsaved by the proclaiming of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ; the educating of believers in a manner consistent wit the requirements of Holy Scripture, both in Sunday and weekday schools of Christian education; and the maintaining of missionary activities in the United States and any foreign country.

                                                                Article II THE Church
Section 2.01 -- Definition of:
A New Testament Church is a local, visible, indigenous, independent body of immersed believers, voluntarily associating themselves together under the leadership of the Holy Spirit for the observance of the ordinances and the propagation of the Gospel at the home and abroad, recognizing no head but Christ and no book of infallible rules but the Holy Bible which is the Word of God.

Section 2.02 -- Objectives
Clause A: To win lost souls to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Clause B: Teach and preach "all the counsel of God" (Acts 20:27),"that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished works." 11 Tim.3:17
Clause C: To have and spread a God-honored Missionary vision, both at home and onward unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Section 2.03 -- Policy
The government of this church is vested in the body of believers who compose it. It is subject to the control of no other ecclesiastical body. We desire to cooperate and fellowship with those evangelical Churches which are in accord with our Church’s Statement of Faith and Covenant. Therefore, we cannot countenance those religious organizations which deny these truths and hold to apostate beliefs.

Section 2.04 -- Doctrine
This Church receives the Scriptures as its authority in matters of faith and practice. Its understanding of Christian truth as contained therein is outlined in the "Articles of Faith".