Since members are bound by the church bylaws (including any amendments), this approach will have the best chance of binding all members. In this regard, the United States Supreme Court has observed that “all who unite themselves to such a body do so with an implied consent to its ...
2023. SeeEndnote 1,for the summary of the meeting. Excerpt from Endnote 1: “Problems arose within the corporate church. For example, some church members wanted to follow the corporate constitution and bylaws and some wanted to follow the Bible….” ...
We have done this work successfully—without much help from the regional office. But it seems like our success is never good enough. Now you want to divide our congregation, taking our newest members and leaving us with an aging congregation. Next, you’ll be wanting to close us down. We...
For example, what do your articles and bylaws say? Do you have a hierarchy that can override the decision of the local church? If the matter is left up to the directors, then what happens when the dispute is with those directors? And even if you have set out a method of resolving chu...
incorporate under the requirements of Chapter 273 must comply with the requirements of the law. Specifically, we hold that the statute requires that written notice of meetings be given to members of the corporation and that bylaws must be adopted.”Hollins v. Edmonds, 616 S.W.2d 801, (1981...
who were living with someone they weren't married to. That church previously had had no policy. Some on the governing board were against setting any kind of policy because it might discourage new people from joining the church. Our culture sees living together without marriage as "the new nor...
“right-sized,” and there’s a much clearer sense that we are not just a community of people completely driven by what’s worked in the past. People who are part of Old South are encouraged to find ways of participating in our life and ministry together, without also having to get ...
(1) Copy of the Pro forma Decree of Incorporation of the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene (entered by Circuit Court at Kansas City, Missouri in 1923), to which is attached the Articles of Association, (2) the bylaws of the General Board (as amended in 1957), and (3) ...
They confuse traditions with truth.That is a dangerous reality. When our church members equate biblical teachings with some of the bylaws and processes of the church, the congregation is in big trouble. They do outreach the way they’ve always done it.So if Tuesday night visitation was effecti...
The pastor asserted that the defendants did not have any authority under the church’s bylaws to call the election. The pastor also said the defendants falsely asserted that they had obtained the requisite number and percentage of votes at the meeting to divest the pastor of his position...