The Wesleyan Church has a heritage of strong corporate values. These have been shaped primarily by three things:

     1) Our faith in the Lordship of Jesus Christ over every aspect of our personal lives and our life together as a community of faith;
     2) Our confidence in the Bible as the final authority for Christian beliefs and lifestyles;
     3) Our desire to see all believers become fully devoted followers of Christ, known for their remarkable love and their holy lives.

These values are the influences and motives behind our church’s membership commitments. Every person who becomes a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church enters into a covenant with other believers to live, work and witness together in ways that allow for both individual growth and the building up of the whole body of believers.

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Taking church membership is one part in that process of personal spiritual growth. A typical growth pattern would include these elements:
     1. You make a personal response to Jesus, accepting his mercy and being born again through his Spirit.
     2. You enter into a basic discipleship program, including regular meetings for Bible study. During this time you will come to know your Bible and learn the basic truths of Christian faith.
     3. You are baptised, sometimes quite early in the discipleship process, as an outward demonstration that your life and priorities have changed and that you now belong to Jesus.
     4. You take church membership (the process you are now undertaking), when, as a committed disciple, you bond with a group of fellow believers.
     5. You continue the process of life-long growth and service as you learn more about God’s values and you learn how to apply those values to your daily life.