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CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Sep 2020
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE
COUNTY OF GWENT ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN PARTICULAR,
BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:
5.1 TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AS REVEALED IN THE BIBLE;
5.2 TO SUPPORT CHURCHES IN GWENT IN MAINTAINING MINISTRIES AND ASSISTING THEM IN
ENGAGING IN MISSION WORK;
5.3 TO NURTURE AMONG ITS MEMBERS RESPECT, LOVE AND CO-OPERATION FOR AND WITH ONE
ANOTHER WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE INDEPENDENCE OF EVERY CHURCH IN MATTERS
RELATING TO ITS OWN GOVERNMENT AND DISCIPLINE;
5.4 TO CONFER AND SEEK CO-OPERATION WITH BAPTISTS IN GWENT AND OTHER PARTS OF
WALES AND THE UK, AND WITH OTHER CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN BODIES IN MATTERS
RELATING TO THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST;
5.5 TO SAFEGUARD THE PROPERTIES AND INTERESTS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THE CHURCHES,
AND TO CONSIDER THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEANS TO NURTURE THESE RESOURCES FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION, THE CHURCHES AND THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST;
5.6 TO USE ANY OTHER MEANS IN HARMONY WITH THE MAIN AIM OF THE ASSOCIATION, AS
DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME, IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE
DENOMINATION IN GWENT
