Is the Book of Discipline available online?

Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Free online editions of both the Book of Discipline and the Book of Resolutions are available from Cokesbury.

With permission from United Methodist Publishing House, UMC.org also provides key selections from the Discipline and Book of Resolutions. These include United Methodist foundational documents (including our doctrinal standards), the Social Principles, and paragraphs relating to the operation of the local church. 

Cokesbury, the retail arm of the United Methodist Publishing House, sells several versions of the Discipline, including hardback, bonded leather, PDF,  and EPUB. An online subscription is available through its related website, UMOfficialResources

For more information, contact Cokesbury.

For specific questions related to The Book of Discipline, contact AskTheUMC.

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