Affiliated Members

Affiliation

To affiliate without naming rights and retain your existing name or use a name of your choice. Such churches will be required to acknowledge their affiliation by printing on all stationery and advertising our logo and the words “Affiliated with RHEMA Australia”.

This means you keep your name and you become an independent constitutional organisation. You are connected to us spiritually and physically, linked for accountability, resourcing and licensing purposes to RHEMA Family Churches Australia. We are here for advice and to help keep you legal, ethical and above board.

When you affiliate, you need to understand whomever you link with and give your alliance to, will influence your identity.

What is Affiliation?
The establishment of a bond between two or more organisations. In an affiliation, the organisation maintains its essential character and continues to enjoy a relative autonomy within the limits established by the purpose of the affiliation.’

Requirements for Ministries

• The Senior Minister must personally be a current Ministerial member of RHEMA Family Churches Australia’s Ministerial Affiliation. Click the Link “Application for Licensing or Ordination Form" to complete an enquiry form. Upon completion you will be emailed all the application forms for affiliating with RHEMA.
  
• The Tenets of Faith of RHEMA Family Churches Australia, as set out in the Ministerial Code of Ethics, must be upheld and preached.
• A copy of the Constitution of the affiliating church or ministry is to be forwarded to the Board of Directors of RHEMA Family Churches Australia.
• Subsequent to Affiliation, any changes or amendments to the said Memorandum of Articles or Constitution must be notified immediately to the Board of Directors of RHEMA Family Churches Australia.
• A copy of the audited Annual Financial Report of the Affiliate Church or ministry is to be supplied each year to the Board of Directors of RHEMA Family Churches Australia.
• The appropriate application form/s must be completed and forwarded together with the prescribed fees to RHEMA Family Churches Australia.
• The Affiliation is subject to annual review. A renewal notice will be forwarded to the affiliated church/ministry annually. This must be completed and returned with the annual renewal fee by the due date or your affiliation is cancelled.
• RHEMA Family Churches Australia accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused, which may result directly or indirectly from activities of an affiliate of RHEMA Family Churches Australia.