Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY:
1. THE PROMOTION OF THE RENEWAL AND REVIVAL OF THE WORK, WORSHIP AND WITNESS OF THE CHURCH, PARTICULARLY WITHIN METHODISM, THROUGH PRAYER AND IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT;
2. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRAYER FOR REVIVAL AT A PERSONAL LEVEL, AND IN THE CHURCH AT HOME AND OVERSEAS;
3. THE FURTHERANCE OF INFORMED THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION IN THE CHURCH;
4. THE FURTHERANCE OF THINKING AND ACTION ON ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN A RESPONSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE WAY BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT THE RIGHTEOUS WILL OF GOD MUST BE EXPRESSED IN THE LIFE OF SOCIETY;
5. THE PROMOTION OF JOINT ACTION WITH EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS IN ALL DENOMINATIONS OF THE CHURCH IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS; AND
6. THE PROMOTION OF MATURE CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE LIVES OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
