This signifies "oneness in Christ and the desire to be at peace with one another." In many Methodist connexions such as the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection and Emmanuel Association of Churches, when a person who has experienced the New Birth desires to join a church, he or she must take the covenant and the current members vote the probationers into the congregation.
This indicates "unity in Christ and a wish to be at peace with one another." In many Methodist associations like the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection and Emmanuel Association of Churches, when someone who has undergone the New Birth wishes to join a church, they must take the covenant and the current members vote on admitting the probationers into the congregation.