A local church is a congregation of faithful believers under the lordship of Jesus Christ. It is the redemptive fellowship in which God’s Word is preached by those whom He has called, and where the Sacraments are duly administered, according to Christ’s own appointment.

The church exists under the authority and discipline of the Holy Spirit for the maintenance of Christian worship, fellowship and discipline, the nurture and building up in the faith of believers, the conversion of sinners and the works, and for witnessing so that the societal structures may become just in order that the personhood of all peoples may be more fully realized according to the image of God in human beings. The church exists in and for the world. At the local church level believers move form formal worship of God into the world where worship is witnessing through service to human beings.

The membership of a local Christian Methodist Episcopal Church shall include all baptized persons who have come into full membership by confession of faith, or transfer of membership, and whose names have not been removed from membership rolls by reason of death, transfer, withdrawal or removal for cause.

All persons seeking to be saved from their sins and sincerely desiring to be Christian in faith and practice are proper candidates for membership in the Christian Methodist Church.