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Organization Guidelines for Educational Agencies in the Local Church |
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| PURPOSE To provide the Board of Christian Education organizational guidelines for any educational organization it deems necessary in the local church. Article I - General Policy 1. The Board of Christian Education, having responsibility to promote a unified program of education in the church, shall organize such agencies as it shall see fit.,br> 2. The Board of Christian Education shall determine if a program needs only the leadership of the Board itself. 3. Long-term organizations (i.e. Sunday School) shall be governed by written By-Laws which shall be approved by the Quarterly Conference. 4. Short term organizations (i.e. VBS) may be established by the Board without further approval. 5. Amendments of written By-Laws shall be approved by the Quarterly Conference. 6. Appointment of Executive officers shall be approved by the Quarterly Conference. 7. Educational Agencies shall be responsible to the Board of Education. Article II - Guidelines 1. Before any agency is organized the following considerations should be made: a. What are the needs of the whole church in the area of education? b. What specific function should be fulfilled by this agency? c. What personnel and abilities are available? Example: If all those available for leadership of the Sunday School are not well suited to leading an opening worship (if you want one), then the By-Laws should state the person holding the leadership position will be responsible to have someone lead the opening worship. d. What tasks need to be done? Examples: (1) Don’t appoint a corresponding secretary if there is no real need: give a recording secretary this task if it is needed once or twice. (2) If no treasury is anticipated, or if your church has a unified treasury, you should not need a treasurer. e. What are the short-range and long-range goals of the Church? How does this agency help reach those goals? 2. Determine the responsibilities of officers. 3. Determine the relationship of officers to each other. 4. How are officers to be elected? Term of office? 5. How will officers relate to Board of Christian Education and Quarterly Conference? (Executive officers usually are members of the Quarterly Conference.) 6. What resources are available to the agency? (How will financial needs be met?) 7. What kind and how many meetings shall be held? Example: The agency may meet weekly for 9 months but the executive officers meet monthly. 8. Written By-Laws shall be published and made available to all church members. Article III - Discipline 1. All officers shall be members of the Church. 2. Other staff who are not church members must be approved by the Quarterly Conference. 3. Board of Christian Education shall evaluate the ministry of each educational agency. If the agency is no longer fulfilling its function and moving toward its goals, or if the goals have changed enough to warrant action, the Board shall recommend amendments in the By-Laws or shall recommend the agency be disbanded. Examples: (1) A visitation program might need to be changed to two organizations; (i.e.) an Evangelism Committee and a Discipleship Committee. (2) A Ladies Bible Study that is spending more than half of its time in prayer might need to be encouraged to join a prayer meeting and move ahead to meet its goal, or become a prayer group and another organization be established to teach the Bible to them. |
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