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IPHC Church Manual - Extension Loan Fund

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Bylaws<br />

Article VI. Trials and Appeals<br />

Holiness <strong>Church</strong> or act as his own counsel. The<br />

Conference Superintendent shall set the time and<br />

place for the trial as expeditiously as possible and<br />

chair the proceedings. A two-thirds vote of the<br />

judiciary committee shall declare the verdict.<br />

An exception shall be that if the Conference<br />

Executive Council is preferring the charges, then<br />

the Conference Executive Council shall appoint a<br />

judiciary committee equal in number to but<br />

separate from the Conference Executive Council.<br />

4) Any member failing to appear for trial forfeits his<br />

membership and right of appeal.<br />

5) When formal charges are brought against a<br />

member of the Conference Executive Council,<br />

he shall be suspended by the Conference<br />

Superintendent until the matter is settled.<br />

6) When formal charges are brought against a<br />

Conference Superintendent, the General<br />

Superintendent will suspend him until the matter<br />

is settled.<br />

7) When formal charges are brought against a<br />

member of the Conference, the Conference<br />

Superintendent shall suspend him until the matter<br />

is settled.<br />

8) When charges are filed in a Conference against a<br />

minister who has transferred or been seconded to<br />

another Conference, the General Superintendent<br />

and the two Conference Superintendents shall<br />

decide which Conference shall settle the matter. If<br />

a trial is necessary, the same procedures shall be<br />

followed as with other clergy.<br />

c. Council of Bishops<br />

1) When signed accusations are presented to the<br />

General Superintendent against a member of the<br />

Council of Bishops, the Executive Committee shall<br />

investigate the matter.<br />

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