Our Goals

The Free Methodist World Conference has the following goals and responsibilities:

1. To provide for worldwide fellowship among Free Methodist bodies and regularly convene a global assembly of representatives of the Free Methodist bodies for coordination and planning of worldwide ministries;
2. To encourage the expansion of the kingdom of God by the Free Methodist Church in existing conferences and in new fields through evangelism that is in harmony with Wesleyan doctrine and practices;
3. To assume legislative and judicial authority in matters relating to the Free Methodist Constitution as defined below;
4. To monitor the integrity of every Free Methodist institution under the provisions of the Common Constitution of Free Methodism (see ¶210) and of the Book of Discipline7 of the institution’s general conference;
5. To maintain and administer an international scholarship fund for the development of Free Methodist leaders grounded in biblical theology and Wesleyan doctrine.

In 1999, the World Fellowship voted to become World Conference. Since 2003, the Free Methodist World Conference has met in Harare, Zimbabwe (2003); Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007); Bujumbura, Burundi (2011); Port Shepstone, South Africa (2015); Sao Paulo, Brazil (2019); and Kigali, Rwanda (2023).