We therefore support one another in our callings as churches. Mainly this cooperation is expressed in the dissemination of the true gospel and missionary enterprise, in the edification of the church of Christ and fellow-believers, as well as in ministries of compassion and relief. 2.4 Consultation, support and admonition . Appreciating our interdependence, we as churches deem ourselves responsible for and to one another. When a church needs wisdom and advice, it turns in the first instance to the churches of this association for counsel.
Every church is always available for consultation.
When a church runs into trouble, whether it be of a pastoral, financial, doctrinal, relational, organisational nature, or anything else, the rest deem themselves as duty-bound to do what they can to help. Because we as churches humbly admit our weakness and proneness to sin, and realize that we can easily stray from the straight and narrow, we commit and submit ourselves to Biblical admonishment within this association, should it ever become necessary. Because of its union with Christ, the universal church is one. Unity must therefore not be created, it has to be worked out in practical terms. 3.2 Unity finds expression first and foremost in the local church.