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Bylaws Article VI. Trials and Appeals individual. The disciplinary action may involve the defendant’s indefinite suspension from church membership. 4) A defendant failing to appear for trial (unless providentially hindered) forfeits his membership and right of appeal. b. Conference 1) The Conference Executive Council shall investigate any member of the Conference against whom signed accusations have been presented. 2) If a thorough investigation produces valid and factual information that would merit a trial, formal charges shall be prepared and sent to the defendant by certified mail. The charges shall include the following: a) Accusations b) Section of the Bible violated c) Section of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church Manual violated d) Name(s) of the person(s) filing the original complaint e) Consequences of ignoring the charges f) Assurance of a fair trial The defendant shall be given a written twoweeks’ notice of the trial. 3) The Conference Executive Council shall serve as a judiciary committee and shall keep its inquiry and findings confidential. The Conference Executive Council shall appoint one member to present the charges. The defendant may appoint counsel from the membership of the International Pentecostal 179
Bylaws Article VI. Trials and Appeals Holiness Church or act as his own counsel. The Conference Superintendent shall set the time and place for the trial as expeditiously as possible and chair the proceedings. A two-thirds vote of the judiciary committee shall declare the verdict. An exception shall be that if the Conference Executive Council is preferring the charges, then the Conference Executive Council shall appoint a judiciary committee equal in number to but separate from the Conference Executive Council. 4) Any member failing to appear for trial forfeits his membership and right of appeal. 5) When formal charges are brought against a member of the Conference Executive Council, he shall be suspended by the Conference Superintendent until the matter is settled. 6) When formal charges are brought against a Conference Superintendent, the General Superintendent will suspend him until the matter is settled. 7) When formal charges are brought against a member of the Conference, the Conference Superintendent shall suspend him until the matter is settled. 8) When charges are filed in a Conference against a minister who has transferred or been seconded to another Conference, the General Superintendent and the two Conference Superintendents shall decide which Conference shall settle the matter. If a trial is necessary, the same procedures shall be followed as with other clergy. c. Council of Bishops 1) When signed accusations are presented to the General Superintendent against a member of the Council of Bishops, the Executive Committee shall investigate the matter. 180
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