local church ministries bylaws & articles of incorporation

151. Governance Committee2. Personnel Committee3. Budget and Finance Committee4. Audit CommitteeB. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall be a member of all StandingCommittees with voice and vote. The Executive Minister shall be a member ofall Standing Committees with voice and vote, except in the case of the PersonnelCommittee where she/he shall have voice but not vote.C. Other members of the Board of Directors shall each be a member of oneStanding Committee. Each Standing Committee shall have approximately thesame number of members.D. The members and chairpersons of all Standing Committees shall be elected bythe Board of Directors. They shall be nominated by the Governance Committeeexcept in the case of the members and chairperson of the GovernanceCommittee who shall be nominated by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors.E. The Executive Minister will assign staff to each Standing Committee withresponsibilities for the planning and preparation of meetings and for appropriateimplementation of its decisions. Such staff will have voice but not vote at themeetings of the Standing Committee to which they are so assigned.F. The Governance Committee shall:1. Nominate the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board ofDirectors to be elected by the Board of Directors.2. Nominate the chairperson and all members of the Ministry TeamCommittees and the Standing Committees of the Board or Directors,except the Governance Committee.3. Nominate persons to fill vacancies for the balance of the term remainingon the Board of Directors, its Ministry Team Committees and StandingCommittees, and on other bodies to which the Board of Directors elects ornominates the person to hold office.4. Nominate additional members of the Board of Directors to be elected inaccordance with Article II.C. and II.F. above.5. Nominate members of interdenominational bodies and similarorganizations on which the Corporation for Local Church Ministries isofficially represented.15