Governing document UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, (UCCUK)
Charity number: 1137216
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CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3 AUGUST 2009 AS AMENDED 22 MAY 2010 AND 5 JUNE 2010
Charitable objects
THE PURPOSES OF THE UCCUK ARE:-
3.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH IN
PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:
A) THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES (PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS), PRODUCING AND/OR
DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON CHRISTIANITY TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND RESTORE A SENSE OF
HOPE AND PEACE TO PEOPLE'S LIVES, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE NATIONS;
B) PROVIDING AN ORGANISATION THROUGH WHICH CHRISTIANS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL GROUPS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IN ACTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
BEYOND;
C) PROVIDING MEANS THROUGH WHICH ITS MEMBERS CAN EXPRESS THEIR CALLING TO BE DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES OF
JESUS CHRIST BY:-
I) ENCOURAGING CREATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMBERS AND BETWEEN THE LOCAL CHURCHES IN WHICH THEY
WORK.
II) ACHIEVING COMMON CHRISTIAN PURPOSES THROUGH FELLOWSHIP.
III) RAISING AND SUPPORTING THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.
IV) HOLDING AND ADMINISTERING CHURCH PROPERTY.
V) HELPING TO RELATE THE UCCUK TO THE LARGER BODY OF CHRIST.
3.2 TO RELIEVE NEED, THE POOR AND VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER
NATIONS.
3.3 THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND
WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Area of benefit
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