All Members and Ministers of the Church are subject to its government and discipline, and are under the jurisdiction and care of the appropriate Courts of the Church in all matters of Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Order in accordance with Rules and Regulations from time to time made by the Conference.
The members of the Church are enrolled in Classes, each class being under the pastoral care of a Leader.
The principal Courts of the Church are as follows: —
The Classes in a locality are grouped into a Society, the administration of which is entrusted to a Leaders' Meeting, which consists of the Minister or Ministers, and such Society Officers, Class Leaders, Local Preachers, and other members as may be appointed under the Rules and Regulations of the Conference.
One or more Societies in a larger area may constitute a Circuit, the administrative body of which is the Quarterly Meeting. This meeting consists of the Ministers on the Circuit, Circuit Stewards and such Society Officers, Class Leaders, Local Preachers, Trustees of the various properties and other members as may be appointed under the Rules and Regulations of the Conference
Circuits are grouped in accordance with the rules of Conference into Districts, and the business of each District is administered by a District Synod. The membership of a District Synod consists of all the Ministers in the area, together with Lay Representatives appointed in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Conference. The Synods consider matters relating to their areas and make recommendations and suggestions to the Conference in relation thereto. There is a Ministerial Session of each Synod, consisting of all the Ministers and probationers resident in the area. The powers, duties and privileges of the Synods are set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the Conference.
There are also Sunday School Teachers' Meetings, Local Preachers' Meetings, Trustee Meetings, and other Boards and Committees, the functions of which are determined either by legal instruments or by the Rules and Regulations of the Conference.
Subject to such Rules and Regulations as the Conference may make from time to time, the constitution of the Courts of the Church and the Rules and Regulations regarding them may be altered by the Conference from time to time in such manner as it may determine.