Constitution And Standing Orders Of The Methodist Church Ghana Now

If the Constitution is the grundnorm, the Standing Orders (revised every 5–10 years) are the procedural skeleton. They run to over 400 clauses, covering everything from worship to elections.

The Constitution defines how one becomes a member: If the Constitution is the grundnorm , the

Traditional Ghanaian culture respects chiefs. The Church Constitution forbids ministers from being chiefs. However, lay members often are. Standing Orders have had to clarify whether a lay leader can excommunicate a church member for violating a traditional shrine oath (Answer: No, Church law supersedes tradition). If the Constitution is the grundnorm