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IPHC Church Manual - Extension Loan Fund

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Bylaws<br />

Article I. Organizational Structure – General Level<br />

d. Licensed Clergy (active or retired) and their spouses<br />

e. Senior Pastors and their spouses<br />

f. Members of all General-level and Conference-level<br />

councils and boards<br />

g. Missionaries and delegates from foreign countries<br />

certified by the World Missions Ministries Division<br />

Council based on criteria approved by the Executive<br />

Committee of the Council of Bishops<br />

h. Representatives of other fellowships/organizations<br />

certified by the General Superintendent<br />

i. <strong>Church</strong> delegates to the General Conference based on<br />

the following policies:<br />

1) Only Member <strong>Church</strong>es are allowed to send church<br />

delegates to a General Conference.<br />

2) The number of delegates a church is allowed to<br />

send to General Conference is based on the<br />

church’s compliance with the <strong>Church</strong> Tithe and the<br />

church’s composite number.<br />

The composite number is the average of:<br />

a) <strong>Church</strong> membership at the end of the most<br />

recent calendar year (For the purpose of<br />

calculating a church’s composite number, the<br />

church membership shall not exceed 200% of<br />

the primary worship service[s] annual average<br />

attendance.)<br />

b) Primary worship service(s) annual average<br />

attendance<br />

3) Only Member <strong>Church</strong>es that comply with the<br />

<strong>Church</strong> Tithe will qualify to send one delegate per<br />

100 composite number or major fraction thereof.<br />

Member <strong>Church</strong>es that comply with the <strong>Church</strong><br />

Tithe but have a composite number of 50 or less<br />

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