The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church

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United Methodist Church document church law book denominational governing document religious text

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church is the denomination’s authoritative manual that outlines its doctrine, polity, rules, and procedures for church governance and practice.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church	4
The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church canonical	2
Book of Discipline	1
Constitution of The United Methodist Church	1
Methodist discipline	1
The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church focuses on church law and governance	1
The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church	1
church law of The United Methodist Church	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Methodist Church document ⓘ church law book ⓘ denominational governing document ⓘ religious text ⓘ
appliesTo	United Methodist Church ⓘ United Methodist clergy ⓘ United Methodist Church ⓘ surface form: United Methodist congregations
contains	The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Constitution of The United Methodist Church
governs	United Methodist Church administration ⓘ United Methodist Church connectional structure ⓘ United Methodist Church governance ⓘ United Methodist Church judicial processes ⓘ
hasAuthorityLevel	highest legislative authority within The United Methodist Church ⓘ
hasDenomination	United Methodist Church ⓘ
hasFunction	codifies social principles ⓘ defines church polity ⓘ defines organizational structure of the church ⓘ outlines doctrine ⓘ provides judicial procedures ⓘ provides standards for church practice ⓘ regulates administrative procedures ⓘ regulates church procedures ⓘ regulates church property ⓘ regulates membership standards ⓘ sets rules for church governance ⓘ sets standards for ordained ministry ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: church law of The United Methodist Church
hasSection	church property regulations ⓘ doctrinal standards ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ ministry and ordination ⓘ organization and administration ⓘ social principles ⓘ
isAuthoritativeFor	United Methodist doctrine ⓘ United Methodist governance ⓘ United Methodist polity ⓘ United Methodist procedures ⓘ
isBasedOn	decisions of the General Conference ⓘ
isBindingOn	United Methodist annual conferences ⓘ United Methodist bishops ⓘ United Methodist clergy ⓘ United Methodist general agencies ⓘ United Methodist local churches ⓘ
isPublishedBy	The United Methodist Publishing House ⓘ
isRevisedBy	General Conference of the United Methodist Church ⓘ surface form: General Conference of The United Methodist Church
language	English ⓘ
revisionFrequency	every four years ⓘ
usesPolityModel	connectionalism ⓘ

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Free Methodist Church → governingDocument → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

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Confession of Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren Church → includedIn → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church

General Rules of the Methodist Church → partOf → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Constitution of The United Methodist Church

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this entity surface form: Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church

Judicial Council → interprets → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

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General Board of Church and Society → basedOn → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church

Articles of Religion → codifiedIn → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Articles of Religion (United Methodist Church)

this entity surface form: Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church

The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church → relatedWork → The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church focuses on church law and governance