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Bylaws
Article II. Organizational Structure – Conferences
8) Resolve conflicts involving churches and/or clergy
9) Facilitate the financial guidelines of the
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
10) Assist the General level in establishing new
Conferences
2. The Council of Bishops shall develop policies and
procedures for addressing and assisting significantly
declining Conferences. Such policies and procedures shall
require a two-thirds majority vote of the Council of Bishops
for approval.
3. If any organization other than a network or group of
churches desires to be a part of a Conference, the
Conference Executive Council will enter into an agreement
with the organization that establishes the provisions under
which the organization will be a part of the Conference.
Such agreement shall be developed in consultation with
the Executive Committee and shall be subject to the final
approval of the Council of Bishops.
B. Conferences
1. Conference Sessions
a. Overview
1) Every four years, the delegates of a Conference
meet in a Quadrennial Conference Session to
worship, fellowship, select leaders, adopt policies,
enact legislation, license and ordain clergy, receive
training, and conduct other activities to further the
ministry of the Conference.
2) In years in which a Quadrennial Conference
Session is not held, the delegates of a Conference
meet in an Annual Conference Session to worship,
fellowship, license and ordain clergy, receive
training, conduct any business necessary, and
conduct other activities to further the ministry of the
Conference.
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