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Bylaws Article I. Organizational Structure – General Level Article I. Organizational Structure – General Level A. Overview 1. The purposes of the General Conference shall include worship, fellowship, selection of leaders, adopting policies, enacting legislation, receiving training, and conducting other activities in support of the mission/vision of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church to fulfill the Great Commission. 2. The dates and location of General Conference shall be determined by the Council of Bishops. A General Conference shall be held every four years. 3. The agenda for the General Conference shall be prepared by the Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops to be presented to the General Conference for adoption. 4. Legislation adopted by a General Conference shall be binding on all entities on all levels of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church until the succeeding General Conference. An exception shall be that an emergency change to the Bylaws shall be submitted by the Council of Bishops to each Conference Executive Council and approved by two thirds of all Conference Executive Council members voting in all Conferences. 5. General Conference shall have the sole right to adopt legislation determining the qualifications for membership in the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. B. Membership of General Conference 1. The General Conference voting membership shall be composed of the following International Pentecostal Holiness Church delegates: a. Members of the Council of Bishops b. Former General Superintendents c. Ordained Clergy (active or retired) and their spouses 73
Bylaws Article I. Organizational Structure – General Level d. Licensed Clergy (active or retired) and their spouses e. Senior Pastors and their spouses f. Members of all General-level and Conference-level councils and boards g. Missionaries and delegates from foreign countries certified by the World Missions Ministries Division Council based on criteria approved by the Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops h. Representatives of other fellowships/organizations certified by the General Superintendent i. Church delegates to the General Conference based on the following policies: 1) Only Member Churches are allowed to send church delegates to a General Conference. 2) The number of delegates a church is allowed to send to General Conference is based on the church’s compliance with the Church Tithe and the church’s composite number. The composite number is the average of: a) Church membership at the end of the most recent calendar year (For the purpose of calculating a church’s composite number, the church membership shall not exceed 200% of the primary worship service[s] annual average attendance.) b) Primary worship service(s) annual average attendance 3) Only Member Churches that comply with the Church Tithe will qualify to send one delegate per 100 composite number or major fraction thereof. Member Churches that comply with the Church Tithe but have a composite number of 50 or less 74
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