The Constitution And Bylaws United Church Of Christ PDF Download

Excerpt from The Constitution of the United Church of Christ: As Approved by the Adjourned Meeting of the Second General Synod of the United Church of Christ July 6 8, 1960 Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, for the Submission to the Synods and the Churches Resolution adopted by the Adjourned Meeting of the Second General Synod of the United Church of Christ for acceptance and submission of the Constitution of the United Church of Christ to the local churches of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Synods of the Evangelical and Reformed Church for ratification or approval. Whereas, Article IV-A of the Basis of Union provided as follows: "The General Synod shall initiate action for the preparation of a constitution of the United Church. This constitution shall be based upon the principles set forth in this Basis of Union. When prepared, it shall be submitted to the General Synod; and the General Synod shall declare it in force when it shall have been ratified by not less than two-thirds of the former Congregational Christian churches voting, and by not less than two-thirds of the former Evangelical and Reformed Synods"; And Whereas, the Uniting General Synod of the United Church of Christ, held June 25-27, 1957, at Cleveland, Ohio, took action as follows: "Action Toward Preparation of a Constitution of the United Church (Basis of Union Iv-A) "The Basis of Union provides that 'the General Synod shall initiate action for the preparation of a constitution of the United Church.' "It was agreed 'to recommend to the United Synod that there be a Commission to Prepare a Constitution, composed of 30 persons; 15 from each fellowship'; and that 'the Nominating Committee be advised that this recommendation will be brought to the floor of the General Synod at its first meeting, and that the Nominating Committee should be prepared, if this resolution is passed, to present the necessary nominations.' "It is recommended that the General Synod adopt these actions as its own, and in due time hear the report of the Nominating Committee and elect the members of the Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.