Affiliate and Associate Membership
227. A member of The United Methodist Church, of an Affiliated Autonomous Methodist or United Church, or of a Methodist Church which has a concordat agreement with The United Methodist Church, residing for an extended period in a city or community at a distance from the member's home church, may on request be enrolled as an affiliate member of a United Methodist Church located in the vicinity of the temporary residence. The home pastor shall be notified of the affiliate membership. Such membership shall entitle the person to the fellowship of that church, to its pastoral care and oversight, and to participation in its activities, including the holding of office, except such as would allow one to vote in a United Methodist body other than the local Church, but that person shall be counted and reported only as a member of the home church. A member of another denomination may become an associate member under the same conditions but may not become a voting member of the administrative council or administrative board.3 This relationship may be terminated at the discretion of the United Methodist church in which the affiliate or associate membership is held whenever the affiliate or associate member shall move from the vicinity of the United Methodist church in which the affiliate or associate membership is held.
3See Judicial Council Decision 372.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 227
1996 United Methodist General Conference