5.1 Basic Texts: United Methodist Church

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2020/2024. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 2025. Available in several languages.

The Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church, 2020/2024. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 2025.

Burkholder, Anne L., and Thomas W. Elliott, Jr., eds. Quick and Easy Guide to United Methodist Polity. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundery Books, 2018.

The Decisions of the Judicial Council, 1968-2020. https://www.resourceumc.org/en/churchwide/judicial-council/judicial-council-decision-home

Frank, Thomas E. Polity, Practice and the Mission of the United Methodist Church. Revised edition. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006. Available in several languages.

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation, 2025-2028. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2024.

Tuell, Jack M. The Organization of The United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009.

Warner, Laceye C. The Method of Our Mission: United Methodist Polity and Organization. Nashville: Abingdon, 2014.