Governing document THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN
Charity number: 1181392
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Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE UNION IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS PRACTICE, 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:
5.1. TO CULTIVATE AMONG ITS OWN MEMBERS RESPECT AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND TO ALL WHO LOVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST;
5.2. TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST BY MINISTERS AND EVANGELISTS, BY ESTABLISHING CHURCHES, FORMING SUNDAY SCHOOLS, DISTRIBUTING THE SCRIPTURES, ISSUING RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS AND BY SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE;
5.3. TO AFFORD OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONFERENCE AND FOR UNITED ACTION ON QUESTIONS AFFECTING THE WELFARE OF THE CHURCHES, THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY AND THE EXTENSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD;
5.4. TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN BAPTISTS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES;
5.5. TO OBTAIN AND DISSEMINATE ACCURATE INFORMATION RESPECTING THE ORGANISATIONS, LABOURS AND SUFFERINGS OF BAPTISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; AND
5.6. TO CONFER AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES AS OCCASION MAY REQUIRE.
