Park Baptist Church, the Walk, Merthyr Tydfil

3.1 THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN MERTHYR TYDFIL AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND BAPTISTIC PRINCIPLES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:3.1.1.1 MAINTAINING AND PRACTISING BAPTISM BY IMMERSION IN WATER IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, OF THOSE WHO ARE OF YEARS OF UNDERSTANDING, UPON THEIR PROFESSION OF REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND OF FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST3.1.1.2 MAINTAINING AND PRACTISING THE LORD'S SUPPER; AND3.1.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.