This article begins with Stanley Hauerwas' criticism of much contemporary churchgoing as voluntaristic, of which Baptists are a pointed example. In response I argue that within its tradition is a theology of covenant, articulated most clearly by Paul Fiddes, that offers a necessary corrective. Fiddes' theology of covenant needs to be grounded in practice; the article concludes by suggesting that baptism, Eucharist, and preaching be read as covenant practices.