Doctrines and Discipline of the Free Methodist Church of North America - 1939 Edition

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FREE METHODIST 

CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA

PREAMBLE

     ¶ 15. In order that we may wisely preserve the heritage transmitted to us, and also that we may prepare the way for more effective co-operation with other branches of the church of Christ in all that makes for the advancement of God’s kingdom among men, we, the ministers and lay members of the Free Methodist Church of North America, in accordance with methods of constitutional legislation established among us, do hereby ordain, establish, and set forth as the fundamental law, or constitution, of the Free Methodist Church of North America, the articles of religion, the general rules, and the articles of organization and government, here following to wit: