¶ 4. Article IV. Inclusiveness of the Church.--The United Methodist Church is a part of the Church Universal, which is one Body in Christ. Therefore all persons, without regard to race, color, national origin, or economic condition, shall be eligible to attend its worship services, to participate in its programs, and, when they take the appropriate vows, to be admitted into its membership in any local church in the connection. In The United Methodist Church no conference or other organizational unit of the Church shall be structured so as to exclude any member or any constituent body of the Church because of race, color, national origin, or economic condition.3
3See Judicial Council Decisions 242, 246, 340, 351, 362, 377, 398, 594, and Decisions 4 and 5, Interim Judicial Council.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 4
1996 United Methodist General Conference