1996 Book of Discipline: Paragraph 4| General Conference 2000

¶ 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, status,³ 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, status, or economic condition.⁴



	1996 Discipline ¶ 4
	¶ 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, status,³ 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, status, or economic condition.⁴ `[FTN] 3. Amended 1992.` `[FTN] 4. See Judicial Council Decisions 242, 246, 340, 351, 362, 377, 398, 594, and Decisions 4 and 5, Interim Judicial Council.`
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1996 Discipline ¶ 4