DO YOU KNOW?

Apostolic By-Laws provides you with straight answers with 21 articles of government and 42 pages of print in final form.

Article: II

1) Is your religious and non-profit purposes clearly stated?
2) How can the organization be dissolved? The IRS wants to know!
3) Are all the tenets of faith clearly defined?

Article: III

1) Do you have a definition of what a member is? Can he vote on church issues?

Article: IV

1) Who and what composes the governing body?
2) What are the operating parameters of the governing body?
3) What happens when the Senior leader hasn't named a successor before his departure?
4) How many people can compose a governing body?
5) What are the responsibilities of the governing body?
6) How do you officially replace a member of the governing body?
7) How long is their tenure?
8) Can you define how much power that governing body may have?
9) How is the governing body selected?
10) Is provision made for the surviving wife of the Senior Leader? If so, to what extent?

Article: V

1) What are the specific rules for the governing body meeting?
2) Do they have to meet? If so, when?
3) Can other designated leaders attend a the governing body meeting? If so, how?

Article: VI

1) How do you officially appoint ministering elders, deacons, deaconesses?
2) What, if any authority do these appointments have?
3) Can a member of the governing body question the character of another? If so, how?

Article: VII

1) What are the responsibilities and limitations of non-governing leadership positions?
2) Can they participate in the governing body meetings?
3) Can non-governing leaders meet on their own?
4) Can a non-governing leader challenge the character of someone who is a part of the governing body? If so, how?

Article: VIII

1) Who outside the local church holds the Senior Leader accountable concerning character and  leadership issues?
2) What are the roles of those outside of the local church that assist with the accountability process of the Senior Leader?
3) Does this outside group ever meet? If so, when?

Article: IX

1) Can an international governing group be developed when ministry overseas is required?

Article: X

1) Are there clear descriptions of leadership, salaries, terms, successions and vacancies?
2) What are the responsibilities and power of the various leaders?

Article: XI

1) Is it clear who can receive income or reimbursements from the local church?

Article: XII

1) Who has the authorization to execute contracts?

Article: XIII

1) Is it clear that no one can share in corporate earnings? The IRS wants to know!

Article: XIV

1) What are the clear limitations of actions or activities prohibited by the IRS concerning the local church?

Article: XV

1) What about licensing and ordination through the local church?
2) Who can qualify and what are the requirements of such licensing and ordination?

Article: XVI

1) What, if any, are the required notices of a governing body meeting?

Article: XVII

1) Who has the official authority to sign checks?

Article: XVIII

1) Is the physical year defined?

Article: XIX

1) What about a corporate seal?

Article: XX

1) How do you officially make an amendment or modification to the by-laws?

Article: XXI

1) What does controlling law and severability mean?