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THE CORPORATIONRevised – April 8, 20111LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRIES(a Covenanted Ministry of the United Church of Christ)RecitalRecitalsLocal Church Ministries (a Covenanted Ministry of the United Church of Christ) is an Ohiononprofit corporation.The Corporation, under the oversight of the United Church of Christ Board, continues the workof, and acts as agent for, the following predecessor bodies: the office for Church Life andLeadership, the Coordinating Center for Women in Church and Society, the StewardshipCouncil, and the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries and its predecessor bodies:The Board of National Missions, Board of Christian Education and Publication, Board ofBusiness Management, Board of Home Missions of the Reformed Church in the U.S., theAmerican Missionary Association, Congregational Church Building Society, CongregationalEducation Society, Congregational Home Missionary Society, Congregational PublishingSociety, The Congregational Sunday School Extension Society, the Congregational Women'sHome Missionary Federation.The work of these predecessor bodies is described in Article Third of the Articles ofIncorporation of the Corporation, which article is attached to these Bylaws (Appendix A).These Bylaws and any amendments thereto shall constitute the "regulations" of theCorporation for purposes of the Ohio Nonprofit Corporation Law, Chapter 1702 of the OhioRevised Code.The Corporation is the successor, by change of name, to the United Church Board forHomeland Ministries. The United Church Board for Homeland Ministries is itself the survivingcorporation from the merger of an Ohio corporation, a New York corporation and survivor. TheCorporation is the successor in interest for the entities and institutions set forth in ArticleFourth of the amended Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.In connection with the reorganization of the national setting of the United Church of Christ,culminating in the actions of the General Synod in June of 1999, the Corporation merged, asof July 1, 2000, with the Coordinating Center for Women in Church and Society, the Office ofChurch Life and Leadership, and the Stewardship Council. It is the surviving corporation fromsuch merger and in connection therewith has restated its Articles of Incorporation and adoptedthe name of Local Church Ministries (a Covenanted Ministry of the United Church of Christ) asof the date of the filing of the amended articles.In connection with the reorganization of the national setting of the United Church of Christ,culminating with the actions of the General Synod in July of 2013, the United Church of ChristBoard was created, and the members of the United Church of Christ Board became the1
members of the Corporation’s Board of Directors as of the date of the filing of the Certificate ofAmendment of the Corporation (July ___, 2013).2The members of the Corporation and the Board of Directors of the Corporation haveunanimously approved the terms and conditions hereinafter contained as the Bylaws of theCorporation from and after the date of such merger and survival, which date is July 1, 2000.ARTICLE I: NAMEA. The name of the Corporation is Local Church Ministries (a Covenanted Ministry of theUnited Church of Christ).ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIPA. The membersdirectors of the Corporation shall be the members of its Board ofDirectors, whose meetings shall be the meetings of the Corporation, for the purposes ofany statute or rule of law relating to corporations, be the members of the Corporation,and they shall have all of the rights and privileges of members, except as otherwiseprovided by law.B. The Board of Directors vests the General Synodof the Corporation is comprised of themembers of the United Church of Christ with the power to elect not fewer than 55 normore than 58 voting members of the Board of Directors of Local ChurchMinistriesBoard.C. The voting members of the Board of Directors shall have the power to electadditional members of the Board of Directors, but only if the voting membersauthorize the exercise of such power by an affirmative vote of not less thantwo-thirds of all voting members.D. Per paragraph 252 of the Bylaws of the United Church of Christ, the members ofthe Board of Directors of Local Church Ministries elected by the General Synodshall consist of:1. 39 local church members representing Conferences, one from eachConference;2. 1 member from the Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries;3. 1 member from each of the historically under-represented groups:a. Council for American Indian Ministryb. Council for Hispanic Ministriesc. Ministries for Racial, Social and Economic Justiced. Pacific Islander and Asian American Ministries2
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