The Doctrines and Discipline of the Free Methodist Church: Adopted August 23, 1860

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Foreword

Chapter I

Sec. 1. Articles of Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sec. 2. General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sec. 3. Of Receiving Members into the Church . . . . . . . 32

Chapter II

Sec. 1. Of our Deportment at the Conventions, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sec. 2. Of the General Convention, . . . . . . 34

Sec. 3. Of the Annual Conventions, . . . . . 36

Sec. 4. Of the Quarterly Conventions, . . . 39

Chapter III

Sec. 1. Of the General Superintendents, . . . 40

Sec. 2. Of the Chairmen of Districts . . . . . 41

Sec. 3. Of the Election and Ordination of Traveling Elders, and of their Duty, . . . . 42

Sec. 4. Of the Election and Ordination of Traveling Deacons, and of their Duty, . . . 43

Sec. 5. Of the Reception of Preachers from other Denominations, . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Sec. 6. Of the Examination of those who think they are moved by the Holy Ghost to Preach . . 45

Sec. 7. Of the Reception of Preachers, . . . 46

Sec. 8. Of the Rules for a Preacher’s Conduct, . . . . . . . . . 47

Sec. 9 Of the Duty of Preachers to God, themselves, and one another . . . . . . 50

Sec. 10. Of the Duties of those who have the charge of circuits or stations . . . . . 53

Sec. 11. Of the Matter and Manner of Preaching, . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Sec. 12. Rules by which we should continue or desist from Preaching at any place …… 56

Sec. 13. Of Visiting from house to house, guarding against those things that are so common to professors, and enforcing practical religion, . . 57

Sec. 14. Of Sunday Schools, and the Religious Instruction of Children, . . . . . . . . . 63

Sec. 15. Of employing our time profitably, when we are not Traveling or engaged in Public Exercises, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Sec. 16. Of the necessity of Union among ourselves, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Sec. 17. Local Preachers, . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Sec. 18. Official Meetings, . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter IV.

Sec. 1. Of Public Worship, . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Sec. 2. Of the spirit and truth of Singing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Sec. 3. Of Class Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Sec. 4. Of Love Feasts, . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chapter V.

Sec. 1. Of Dress, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Sec. 2. Of Marriage, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter VI.

Sec. 1 Of the Trial of Ministers and Members, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Sec. 2. Of Insolvencies, and the Settlement of Disputes, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Chapter VII.

Sec. 1. Of Baptism, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sec. 2. The Ministration of Baptism to Infants, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sec. 3. The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of riper years, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Chapter VIII.

Sec. 1. The Lord’s Supper, General Directions, . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Sec. 2. The Order for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper, . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter IX.

Sec. 1. The Form and Manner of Ordaining Elders, . . . . . . . . 96

Sec. 2. The Form and Manner of making of Deacons, . . . . . . . 107

Chapter X.

The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony, . . . . . . . 112

Chapter XI.

Order of the burial of the dead, . . . . . . . 116

Chapter XII.

Sec. 1. Of the Allowance to the Ministers and Preachers, and to their Wives, Widows and Children, . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Sec. 2. Of the Qualifications, Appointment, and Duty of the Stewards of Circuits and Stations, . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Chapter XIII.

Missions, . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Course of Study, . . . . . . . . . . 123