The purpose of this covenant between the Methodist Church in Cuba and the Florida Conference, the United Methodist Church, is best expressed in the 1996 UM Discipline, &549.a

     The purpose of an Act of Covenanting with another Christian church is to encourage a new sense of global common cause, mutual support, mutual spiritual growth, common study of Scripture and culture, creative interaction as ministers in the mission of God's church, cross fertilization of ideas about ways to be in that mission, sharing of resources, and exploration of new forms of service directed at old and emerging needs.