Bylaw Components
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Title required
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Content Required
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Content Suggested
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Name, Purpose and Mission
See Model A, Article 1
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Office and Location
See Model A, Article 2
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Affiliation
See Model A, Article 3, Section 1
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Governance Documents, Records, and Reports
For churches with a voting membership or partnership, see Model A, Article 3, Section 2; for churches with nonvoting membership or partnership, see Model C, Article 3, Section 2
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Governance Conflicts and Omissions
See Model A, Article 3, Section 5
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Membership/Partnership
For churches with voting members or partners, see Model A, Article 4, Sections 1-10; for churches with nonvoting members or partners, see Model C, Article 4, Sections 1-6
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Except Section 6, Personal Liability
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Model A, Article 4, Section 8 required for churches with a voting membership; Model A, Section 3 C (Sentence 2) required in all bylaws
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All other content suggested
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Corporate Offices
See Model A, Article 5, Sections 1-8
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Except Section 7, Combined Offices
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Model A, Article 5, Sections 1,2,5,6,7,8
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Section 3,4
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Senior Pastor
For churches with elected pastors, see Model A, Article 6, sections 1-8; for churches with appointed pastors, see Model C, Article 6, Sections 1-8
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Model A, Article 6, last two sentences of Section 2 required in all bylaws; For churches with pastoral elections, Section 4, Paragraph 1 is required except for subparagraph A; Section 5, subsection I is required in all bylaws; Section 6, the first two sentences of subsection A and subsections B and E are required in all models; Sections 7 and 8 are required in all models
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All other content suggested
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Governing Board
For churches with elected pastors, see Model A, Article 7, Sections 1-11; for churches with appointed pastors, see Model C, Article 7, Sections 1-12
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Model A, Article 7, Section 2 required in all bylaws; Section 5 the last sentence required in all bylaws; Model A, Section 6, subsection A required in all bylaws; Model A, Section 8, 9 and 11 are required in all bylaws
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All other content suggested
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Elders, Staff Pastors, and Ministry Leaders
See Model A, Article 8, Sections 1-3
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Finance
See Model A, Article 9, Sections 1-10
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Model A, Article 9, Sections 1-7 are required
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Property
For churches with voting membership or partnership, see Model A, Article 10, Sections 1-2; for churches with nonvoting membership or partnership, see Model D, Article 11
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Opening paragraph of Model A, Article 10 required in all bylaws
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All other content suggested
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Resolution of Disputes
See Model A, Article 11
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Cessation
See Model A, Article 12
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Appeals and Amendments
See Model A, Article 13
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Parliamentary Authority
See Model A, Article 14
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