Before a Free Methodist Affiliation Certificate is signed, the bishop (or a designee) shall ask those who are to become charter members, the following questions:
- Do you today reaffirm your commitment to Jesus Christ to work under His leadership to build His church?
- Do you today reaffirm your loyalty to the ministry of (name of local church) ?
- Are you now willing to be a Free Methodist Affiliated Congregation of The Free Methodist Church in Canada by agreeing together to adopt The Manual of The Free Methodist Church in Canada, and are you willing to be guided by it and live in harmony with it as a congregation?
