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Bylaws
Article VI. Trials and Appeals
3) No minister who has withdrawn under charges,
without making a full confession of guilt, shall be
reinstated without a full investigation in the case.
e. Any minister whose credentials have been revoked and
who has been incarcerated by civil authority is required
to give six (6) months of proven conduct after he has
been released from that incarceration before applying
for reinstatement.
f. All disciplinary actions and restorations on the
Conference and General levels shall be at the
discretion of the council to which the defendant is
amenable.
2. Legal Counsel
Hearings and/or trials in the International Pentecostal
Holiness Church are ecclesiastical and not civil in nature.
Matters involving church membership should be judged by
the guidelines of the Holy Scriptures. Legal counsel shall
not be permitted in ecclesiastical trials.
3. Witnesses
a. The counsel for the defendant and the selected
spokesman may call witnesses as deemed necessary.
Questioning of witnesses shall be conducted in a
Christlike manner.
b. A list of all witnesses and copies of all proposed trial
exhibits must be presented to the chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, selected spokesman, and
defendant one week prior to trial.
c. Additional witnesses may be called if new evidence
arises.
d. All witnesses shall be persons of reliable integrity, except
a person allegedly directly involved in immoral conduct.
An affidavit from any person directly involved in immoral
conduct shall be considered as evidence only when the
defendant does not appear and contest the charges.
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