The Doctrines and Discipline of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church / Revised Edition 1918

by Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

IX. AMENDMENTS

This Constitution may be amended by a two-third vote at any annual meeting. No change which was not submitted to the previous annual meeting shall be voted on.

NOTE.

In the Index, which follows, the first figures refer to page, and the second to Article or Section. An expression like this, 232:6, is read, Page 232, section 6. This expression, 210:IV:I, is read, Page 210, Article 4, Section 1. This brief statement will serve as a key to the Index given below.

INDEX

• Abstinence, [33];78:4.
• Admission of, ministers on trial, [82];
  • ministers into full connection, [83].
• Adults, baptism of, [278].
• Agent, book, see Book Agent;
  • for Bible Society, [70]:1:b;
  • Sunday School, [70]:d;
  • literary institutions, [71]:1:e.
• American Bible Society, [70]:1:b.
• Alms giving, Article, [28].
• Annual Conference, members of, [43]:1-4;
  • number and boundary of, [44];
  • Enabling Act, [44];
  • time and place of meeting, [45]:3-4;
  • presiding officer, [45]:5;
  • order of business, [46];
  • preachers on trial, [82]:1;
  • discontinued, [83]:3;
  • in full membership, [83]:2;
  • located, [101]:3;
  • institutions of learning, [50]; [214]; [237];
  • parsonages and churches, [51]; [166];
  • committees of examination, [51];
  • candidates for the ministry, [52]:5;
  • examinations, standard of, [52]:6;
  • General Minutes, [53]:8;
  • Statistical secretary, [53].
• Apparel, General Rule, [30].
• Appeals, right of, [41]:5;
  • of a member, [149]:3; [156]; [60];
  • of a local preacher, [144]; [155];
  • of a traveling preacher, [140]; [150];
  • courts of, Quarterly Conference, [149];
  • Annual Conference, [144];
  • ministerial court of, [150];
  • General Conference, [153]:1-2.
• Arbitration, stewards on, [107]:2;
  • disputes between members, [148]; [215]:1.
• Articles of Religion, [15];
  • not to be changed, [40].
• Auditing Committee, [189]:3.

• Baptism, Article on, [23];
  • administered to: infants, [273];
  • to adults, [278];
  • to be recorded by pastor, [80]:12;
  • administered by deacon, [87]:3;
  • elder, [89]:3;
  • a sacrament, [22].
• Baptized children, [121].
• Benediction, Apostolic, [117]:4.
• Bible Classes, [122]:5.
• Bible, only rule of faith and practice, [17]; [33].
• Bible Society, American, [70].
• Bishops, election and duties of, [69]; [227]:8; [232]:6; [197]:7;
  • consecration of, [339];
  • support of, [164]:3; [179]:IV:1;
  • retirement of, [74]:15;
  • organize annual conferences, [74]:10;
  • president of boards, [75]:18; [188]:2; [202]:II; [210]:IV:1; [214]:2; [229]:3.
• Boards, Church Extension, Missions, Publishing, Education, Sunday School, Superannuated Preachers, Widows and Orphans, Epworth League, see departments of;
  • of Finance, see Joint Board;
  • directors, [229];
  • Equalization, [177]:II;
  • General Departments, members of, [357].
• Book Agent, [53]:8; [177]:2; [178]:2-3;
  • duties of, [179]; [180]:5-6; [182]:7; [190]; [191]:2-6;
  • salary, [191]:2; [197]:2.
• Book House, [190]:1.
• Books and periodicals, [79]:9; [187]:3-5; [224]:3.
• Books, reading of, General Rule against, [30].
• Borrowing, rule, [31].
• Boundaries of Annual Conferences, [247].
• Building Churches and parsonages, [166].
• Burial of the dead, form of, [295].
• Buying and selling, General Rules, [30].
• Buying church property, [170].

• Call to preach, [97].
• Candidates, for the ministry, recommended by quarterly conference, [59]:6; [62]:13-14;
  • directed to studies, [77]:8;
  • to be admitted, on trial, [82];
  • into full connection, [83];
  • for deacons, [86];
  • for elders, [87];
  • course of study, [361].
• Canonical Books, Article on, [17].
• Catechism, to be used, [122]:4; [224]:2.
• Ceremonies, Article on, [26].
• Certificate of membership, [81];
  • ministers from other churches, [93]:4.
• Chaplaincy, provision for, [70].
• Charitable institutions, [166]:1.
• Children, instruction of, [121].
• Children's Day, [233].
• Christian Index, [187];
  • Editor of, [188]:5; [191]:1-2;
  • price of, [188].
• Christian Man's Oath, Article on, [28];
  • goods, Article on, [28].
• Church, Article on, [21].
• Church Conference, [63].
• Church Extension, Board of, [358];
  • members of, [202];
  • authority of, [202]:2-4;
  • executive committee, [203]:III:1-3;
  • Secretary of, [203]:IV:1-7;
  • revenue, [205]:5;
  • form of application, [206]:7;
  • further authority of, [206]:6;
  • conference board of, [207]:8;
  • books, [208]:10.
• Church membership, how secured, [115];
  • baptism, form of, [278];
  • reception, [285];
  • how lost, [33]; [144];
  • record of, [80]:13;
  • members from other churches, [115].
• Church, laying corner stone of, [305];
  • dedication of, [311];
  • buying lots, [170];
  • division or sale of church property, [172];
  • building churches, [166];
  • building parsonages, [169];
  • trustees of, [110].
• Circuits, stations and missions, uniting and dividing, [73]:8.
• Circulation of books and periodicals, [79]:9; [187]:3; [198]:4; [224]:3.
• Class Leaders, [104].
• Class Meetings, [119].
• Collections, Class, [104];
  • General Funds, [178];
  • missionary, [194]:4; [205]:5; [219]; [231].
• Commissions, Unification; Book House; Federal Council; Churches of Christ; Compilation of Discipline; Educational Standards, [357].
• Committees, of examination, [51];
  • of investigation: of Bishops, [129];
  • of presiding elders, [135];
  • of traveling preachers, [134];
  • of local preachers, [141];
  • of members, [145]:a.
• Communion, see Lord's Supper.
• Community of goods, not enjoined, Article, [28].
• Complaints, [60];
  • against a traveling preacher, [138]:5.
• Conferences, General, [37];
  • Annual, [43];
  • District, [54];
  • Quarterly, [57];
  • Church, [63];
  • records of: Church Conferences, [64]:2;
  • Quarterly Conferences, [60]:8;
  • District Conferences, [55]:4;
  • Annual Conferences, [57]:3.
• Confirmation, not a sacrament, Article [22].
• Constitutions, Church Extension, Epworth League, Education, Missions, Publishing, Sunday School, Superannuated Preachers, Widows and Orphans; Woman's Missions, see departments of.
• Conversation, uncharitable, General Rule, [30].
• Corner Stone laying, [305].
• Council, Federal, Churches of Christ in America, [357].
• Course of Study, local preachers, [361];
  • traveling preachers, [362].
• Court of Appeals, [150].
• Credentials, Elders and deacons, deprivation of, [158]:1;
  • restoration of, [158]:2;
  • local deacons and elders, deprivation of, [159]:1;
  • restoration of, [159]:2.
• Cross Bearing, General Rule, [32].
• Cup of the Lord, Article, [24].

• Dancing, [147]:2.
• Day of the Lord, not to be profaned, General Rule, [30].
• Deacons, how constituted, [86]:1;
  • missionary rule, [87];
  • qualifications, [82]:2;
  • duties of, [87]:3;
  • local preachers, [99]:2;
  • ritual of ordination, [317].
• Decision, Episcopal, [72];
  • Presiding Elder, [76]:5.
• Deed of settlement, [170].
• Delegates, General Conference, clerical and lay, [37];
  • restrictive rule, [40]-42;
  • laymen to Annual Conference, [43]:1-3; [56]:3;
  • laymen to District Conference, [55]:2.
• Deprivation and restoration of Credentials, [158].
• Diligence and frugality, General Rule, [32].
• Directions to preachers, [84].
• Directory, to be kept by pastors, [79]:10.
• Disputes, how settled, [148].
• Dissension, sowing of, [147]:3.
• Districts, Annual Conference, [73]:7;
  • General conference, [74]:12.
• Division, transfer, and sale of church property, [172].
• Divorced women, preachers not to marry, [59]:6.
• Doctrines of the church, [15];
  • contrary one not to be disseminated, [138]:4; [143];4.
• Dress, General Rule, [30].
• Drunkenness, General Rule, [30].