Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established. It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 SEP 2013
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE UNION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION,ESPECIALLY BY THE MEANS OF AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN PARTICULAR,BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-
1. TO PROPAGATE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
2. TO SUPPORT CHURCHES IN MAINTAINING MINISTRIES AND ASSISTING THE FORMATION OF CHURCHES AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS,DISTRIBUTING THE SCRIPTURES AND ISSUING RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS AND BY SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE COUNCILS OR JOINT COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE.
3. TO CULTIVATE AMONG ITS MEMBERS RESPECT,LOVE AND CO-OPERATION FOR AND WITH ONE ANOTHER WHILST RESPECTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF EVERY CHURCH IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ITS OWN GOVERNMENT AND DISCIPLINE.
4. TO CONFER AND SEEK CO-OPERATION WITH THE BAPTISTS IN WALES AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY AND WITH CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN BODIES IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
5. TO SAFEGUARD THE PROPERTIES AND INTERESTS OF THE UNION AND THE CHURCHES,AND TO CONSIDER THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEANS TO NURTURE THESE RESOURCES FOR THE GOOD OF THE UNION,THE CHURCHES AND THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
6. TO USE ANY OTHER MEANS CONSONANT WITH THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE UNION,AS DECIDED BY THE ASSEMBLIES OR THE JOINT COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME,IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE DENOMINATION.
