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of members of the Board of Directors. Members of the search committeeshall have voice and vote. At least one member of the search committeeshall be a youth or young adult. The Executive Minister shall notparticipate in the work of the Search Committeesearch committeechoosing a successor. The affirmative action commitments of LocalChurch Ministriesthe Corporation and the United Church of Christ shall befully respected in the search process. The search committee shall beresponsible to present a candidate who, if elected, will contribute to thediversity of the Collegium of Officers of the United Church of Christ. Thecandidate presented by the search committee may be elected asExecutive Minister by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors before hisor her name is placed in nomination before the General Synod by theBoard of Directors for call by election as an Officer of the United Churchof Christ. in accordance with the procedures of the United Church ofChrist which provide that: (1) Only one nominee may be presented to theGeneral Synod. ; (2) No nominations may be made from the floor. ; and(3) An affirmative vote of at least sixty percent by the General Synod isnecessary for call by election as an officerOfficer of the United Church ofChrist.7e. An individual Executive Minister shall be re-nominated and re-elected inaccordance with the process set forth in the Standing Rules of the UnitedChurch of Christ Board.f. The Executive Minister may be a lay person, an ordainedauthorizedminister, or a person with ordained ministerial partner standing.f. For subsequent terms of office of an individual Executive Minister,nomination to the Board of Directors shall be made by thePersonnel Committee of the Board of Directors. TheBoard of Directors may, by a two-thirds vote, reelect the ExecutiveMinister and place her or his name in nomination before theGeneral Synod for call by election as an Officer of the UnitedChurch of Christ.g. The Executive Minister is accountable to, and serves at the will of, theBoard of Directors, and is accountable to the General Synod through theUnited Church of Christ Board. He/Sheshe may be terminated asExecutive Minister by the Board of Directors in accordance withprocedures established by the Board of Directors after consultation withthe Executive CouncilUnited Church of Christ Board acting as GeneralSynod ad interim. If, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, the interestsof the Corporation require that the Executive Minister be relieved ofhis/her duties pending such consultation, the Board of Directors maydirect the same.The Executive Minister shall be evaluated regularly by a processapproved by the Board of Directors. The General Minister and President7
of the United Church of Christ shall participate in the process of evaluatingthe Executive Minister of the Corporation, with voice and vote.8h. The Executive Minister is the principal minister and chief executiveofficer of the Corporation, responsible for the execution of policy set bythe Board of Directors and for providing guidance and leadership to thelife of the Corporation, its Board of Directors and staff, as set forth inthese Bylaws and in any position description which the Board of Directorsmay adopt. The Executive Minister shall oversee the programmatic workof the Corporation, which shall be carried out in accordance with thepolicies, planning, and broad oversight of the United Church of ChristBoard. With the General Minister and President of the United Church ofChrist, the Executive Minister shall be involved in the overall functions ofthe national setting, including visioning and planning, communications,development and management of budgets, development and leadershipof staff, and implementation of policies adopted by the General Synod andthe United Church of Christ Board.i. As an Officer of the United Church of Christ, the Executive Minister is amember ex-officio (with voice and vote) of the Collegium of Officers, theMission Planning Council, the General Synod and the Executive Councilof the United Church of Christ Board, and shall provide leadership for thecovenantal ties of Local Church Ministriesthe Corporation with all otherexpressions of the United Church of Christ and with ecumenical and otherpartners of the United Church of Christ.j. The Executive Minister serves as an ex-officio member, with voice andvote, in all meetings and committees of the United Church of Christ Boardand accordingly as a member of the Board of Directors andof theCorporation except in the Personnel Committee and the Audit Committeeof the Board of Directors where she/he shall have voice only. .k. The Executive Minister shall:1) 1. Act as a guiding, coordinating and executive head of theCorporation;2)2. Represent Local Church Ministriesthe Corporation at meetings ofthe General Synod and Executive Council of the United Church ofChrist Board;3)3. Be particularly charged with relations between Local ChurchMinistriesthe Corporation and the Conferences of the UnitedChurch of Christ;4)4. Cultivate interdenominational relations and present to the Board ofDirectors matters of concern to the religious bodies of the nation;5) 5. Bring to the attention of the Board of Directors matters of generalpolicy in order to correlate the interests and activities of theCorporation, and be responsible for initiative in matters of general8
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