<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>JUDGMENT</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I find it legitimate to begin this judgment with the introductory remarks of the FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, GHANA, Most Reverend F. C. F. Grant, when he stated in paragraphs 1 and 2 at page 5 of the Constitution and Standing Order of the Methodist Church of Ghana, thus:</p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">“This is a book for every member of the Church, it is a necessary handbook for the new member and the old alike. It sets down the regulations that should guide each member in his personal life as a Christian and those that should direct the corporate life of the Church. It is not intended for hurried reading, but for careful and prayerful study. It will be necessary to consult it when cases of constitutional difficulties arise.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Gospel is the life of the Church, not law; yet in order that the Church’s task of evangelization and pastoral care may be fulfilled there must be accepted rules whereby its life may be kept in health and its corporate mind may be expressed for the guidan…</p></blockquote>