IPHC Church Manual - Extension Loan Fund

Bylaws
Article III. Organizational Structure – Local Churches
but not limited to, the Articles of Faith,
Covenant of Commitment, and Bylaws.
d) The group consists of an adequate number of
spiritually qualified members to fill the offices of
the local church called for in its bylaws.
e) The group enters into the appropriate Transfer
Membership Agreement with the Conference.
f) The Conference Executive Council has
approved the group’s application and the
organizational structure of the group.
c. A Member Church may create satellite congregations
that shall be under the supervision of the mother
church’s Senior Pastor. Satellite congregations shall
have the same membership status and category as
their mother church.
2. As an Affiliate Church
The Affiliate Church status is designed to provide an
entrance for non-IPHC churches and groups to become
acquainted with the IPHC and its ministries.
a. An Affiliate Church is connected with the International
Pentecostal Holiness Church for the purpose of
training, networking, ministry participation, and
exploring full membership status with the IPHC.
b. The leadership of the Affiliate Church must enter into
the appropriate Affiliate Church Agreement with the
Conference. This agreement is valid for a two-year
period, and may be renewed with the mutual consent
of the Conference Executive Council and the local
church leadership.
c. The senior pastor must become an IPHC-credentialed
minister of the Conference with which he and the
church are associating.
d. Affiliate Churches have no voice or vote in IPHC
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