The most important document that governs any congregation besides the Word of God is a church constitution. A church constitution is a declaration of your understanding of the Holy Scriptures, as to your doctrinal beliefs, form of church government, organisational structure and purposes as a body.

The founder of a new autonomous ministry, in writing the constitution (or founding document), should consider including the following in the constitution:

1. Preamble (a simple introduction) to your founding document.
2. Definitions (a statement of the meaning of a word/s that would appear in the founding document.)
3. Name and Address of your ministry
4. Founding statement.
5. Your purpose / vision / goals
6. Statement of belief.
7. Membership conditions
8. The church board / management (qualifications, their undertaking, responsibilities, rules and regulations, etc)
9. Removal of board or management member.
10.Corrective church discipline
11.Grievance procedures.
12.Source of church income.
13.Utilization of church funds.
14.The structure of your programs.
15.Trading activities
16.Autonomy
17.Meetings
18.Annual General Meetings.
19.Amendments to the constitution.
20.Voting
21.Dissolution
 

You are welcome to use the constitution of Kingdom Life Academy, as a guide to drawing up of your constitution or founding document.

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