1996 Book of Discipline: Paragraph 215| General Conference 2000

¶ 215. The membership of a local United Methodist church shall include all baptized persons.

1. The baptized membership of a local United Methodist church shall include all baptized persons who have received Christian baptism in the local congregation or whose membership has been transferred to the local United Methodist church subsequent to baptism in some other congregation. In valid baptism, water is administered in the name of the triune God (specified in the ritual as Father, Son and Holy Spirit) by an authorized person and the Holy Spirit is invoked with the laying on of hands, ordinarily in the presence of the congregation.

2. The professing membership of a local United Methodist church shall include all baptized persons who have come into membership by profession of faith as expressed in services of baptism, confirmation, profession of Christian faith, reaffirmation of baptismal vows or transfer. (See ¶¶ 229.2b, 231, 236, 243).



	1996 Discipline ¶ 215
	`¶ 215. The membership of a local United Methodist church shall include all baptized persons.` 1. The baptized membership of a local United Methodist church shall include all baptized persons who have received Christian baptism in the local congregation or whose membership has been transferred to the local United Methodist church subsequent to baptism in some other congregation. In valid baptism, water is administered in the name of the triune God (specified in the ritual as Father, Son and Holy Spirit) by an authorized person and the Holy Spirit is invoked with the laying on of hands, ordinarily in the presence of the congregation. `2. The professing membership of a local United Methodist church shall include all baptized persons who have come into membership by profession of faith as expressed in services of baptism, confirmation, profession of Christian faith, reaffirmation of baptismal vows or transfer. (See ¶¶ 229.2b, 231, 236, 243).`
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1996 Discipline ¶ 215