Derived, accountable, and written down.

The Church is governed by a plurality of Elders, also designated Overseers. The Elders constitute the Board of Directors: each Elder is a director and each director is an Elder. The Church maintains no separate board.

Article III, 3.2–3.3

The Church has no members within the meaning of the Kansas General Corporation Code and maintains no membership roll. All who come and worship the Lord are the church. Accordingly there is no defined body entitled to vote on corporate matters, and no congregational vote is taken or implied.

Article III, 3.4

The Elders may recognize Deacons to serve in the material and practical care of the body, including administration of the Mercy Fund. Deacons serve under the oversight of the Elders and are not directors.

Article III, 3.5

No fewer than three and no more than twelve, following the number the Lord Jesus Christ Himself chose in appointing His apostles. If the number falls below three, filling the vacancy is the first business of the Board.

Article IV, 4.1

Elders are elected by two-thirds vote of the existing Elders. A simple majority is not sufficient to add an Elder. Elders serve indefinite terms, subject to resignation and removal.

Article IV, 4.5

An Elder may be removed for departure from the doctrinal standard, disqualifying conduct, or persistent failure to fulfill the duties of the office, by two-thirds vote of the remaining Elders. An accusation against an Elder shall not be received except on the testimony of two or three witnesses, and the Elder shall be given notice and opportunity to be heard before any vote.

Article IV, 4.8

The Board meets no less than quarterly, with seven days’ notice for regular meetings and forty-eight hours for special meetings. Minutes of every meeting and every written consent are recorded, approved, and permanently retained.

Article IV, 4.10–4.13

The officers are President, Secretary, and Treasurer, elected by the Board from among the Elders. Officer positions are administrative assignments, not additional seats or additional authority.

Article V, 5.1–5.2

The Treasurer shall not be the President and shall not be related to the President by blood, marriage, or household.

Article V, 5.6

Elders serve without compensation for service as directors. An Elder in a paid ministerial role may be compensated only if approved in advance by the disinterested Elders, is reasonable, is supported by comparability data, and is documented in the minutes — with the interested Elder absent from the discussion and the vote.

Article IV, 4.14–4.15

Pastoral roles are ministry positions, not corporate offices. Holding a pastoral role does not make a person an Elder, an officer, or a director, and does not confer a vote. A person may hold both, and commonly will, but neither position carries the other with it.

Article V, 5.8–5.9

The currently adopted doctrinal standard is maintained in the corporate records and made available to any person on request. The Church publishes it openly and does not maintain private or unpublished doctrinal positions.

Article II, 2.4