PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS

The purpose of the Bay Association is to unite in Christian fellowship all of the local churches of the United Church of Christ within its boundaries. In mutual Christian concern and in dedication to Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church, the Association does purpose, with divine help and guidance, to develop and promote among its members an understanding of the work of the United Church of Christ in their spiritual life, stewardship and sacrificial giving, and of Our Church's Wider Mission (OCWM) in the home, church, community, nation and world; to actively concern itself with the welfare of all local churches within its boundaries; to correlate its work with that of the Conference and the General Synod and its Covenanted Ministries; and to give its full support to, and promote the individual support of its member churches and ministers in the work and programs of the Conference.

The chief function of the Bay Association shall be those specifically delegated to it as an Association under the Constitution, Article VIII and Bylaws, Article II, of the United Church of Christ, except such of those functions which the Bay Association does delegate hereinafter to the Conference.

Per article III of Bylaws approved on
Effective Date of Adoption: October 27, 2002
Amended: November 14, 2005
Amended: November 13, 2006