Informal Covenants
Informal covenants include the covenant of tithing; the Word of Wisdom health code; the law of chastity; and keeping the Lord's Day holy.
All covenants, both informal and formal, are considered part of the overarching new and everlasting covenant of the gospel. Officially, partaking of the sacrament is considered by the LDS Church to be a renewal of the covenants made at baptism; however, many Latter-day Saints assume that doing so constitutes a renewal of all formal and informal covenants a person has made.
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