Governing Documents
2007-2009 UB Discipline
The Discipline is, basically, the "manual of operations" for the US National Conference. It includes information on our doctrinal standards, behavioral standards, organizational structure and procedures, national leadership personnel, and more. This document is revised every two years by the US National Conference (most recently in 2007).
You can download the entire Discipline in PDF format, or view the individual chapters online.
2005-2009 UB International Governing Documents
The international United Brethren church includes nine autonomous "national conferences" which are bound together not only by historical roots, but by four governing documents. These documents are subject to revision every four years (most recently in 2005), when delegates from the various national conferences meet for the General Conference. Those governing documents, as revised in 2005, are as follows:
Former Appendix Materials
Various materials were previously included in an Appendix to the United States Discipline. The current Discipline continues to reference two of those Appendix items. However, the Appendix chapters are not binding on anyone; they are included only as informational supplements to what is found in the actual Discipline.
Pastoral Ministry Handbook
The 2005 UB National Conference removed a number of chapters from the Discipline and placed them in a new "Pastoral Ministry Handbook." The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team has the authority to revise these chapters as it sees fit. The Handbook includes information on the various levels of United Brethren ministerial licensing, policies regarding the stationing of ministers, official doctrinal statements adopted over the years, and more.
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