Ethical Covenant

The Apostle Paul guides Timothy (1 Timothy 4:16) toward conduct as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ with, “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.” Reminding the apostolic protégé of both personal and public ethics, Paul instructs in the confrontation of false teachers, ministry diligence and public proclamation of Scripture.

As Free Methodist pastors and leaders, we covenant to be guided by these ethical and professional standards and recognize that living out these precepts, which flow from best practice in the Free Methodist Way, will increasingly bear spiritual fruit and organizational unity, whereas persistent misalignment may disqualify us from leadership and ordained ministry.