The Wesleyan church has made a covenant with eachother to share their resources and hold eachother accountable. Much like a marriage the Trust Clause is an agreement to adhear to rules and regulations that would govern church behaviors to some extent. Like the binding of a couple through the sharing of their poperty, conduct, hopes, dreams, and goals the Wesleyans have joined arms in a time when our society is being extra divisive. The enemy is attempting to disunify that which God has offered unity amonst the body of Christ. However, like any marriage there is a temptation at times for someone in the union to what to explore what else is out there. When churches go rogue in their theoloy or practices, there needs to be a recourse for the denomination to seperate itself from the church that is not upholding their end of the commitment.
However, just like a cheating husband if the wife does not lay down the law at some point the repeated sin will become an abuse of trust. The denomination needs to find the sweet spot betewen working with churches to make mistakes or mistep versus churches that lose their way entirely. At that point there needs to be a clear couse of action of what will come in the divorce of that church. This is one thing the Trust Clause is missing perhaps, and that is a clear set of consequences for breaking the vows of the denomination. Sometimes, like in parenting, when there is no clear consequence stated upfront, it becomes hard to enforce course correction or worse when rebellion occurs in the home.
Obvoiusly situations get complicated both in the life of a marriage and a church denomination. Yet, we are all considered the bride of Christ in terms of who sits on the throne of our homes and our churches. So our Trust Clause is only as good as the denomination enforces it. If it goes uninforced and churches are able to go rogue, then it erodes the relationship of the entire denomination. Words on paper is a start, but trust is built both in adhearing to the rules, and perhaps just as important enforcing those rules. Otherwise, the Trust Clause becomes no more than meaningful than the U.S. constitution when the powers that be begin to bend it to their will rather than the greater will of American citizens.