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The
legal documents that govern the Missouri Baptist Convention
and the various MBC agencies: Do
they even matter?
Interesting
Quotes From our governing documents
Constitution
of the Missouri Baptist Convention
Article IX,
“Agencies” Section
2 “All
charters and charter changes shall be approved by the Convention upon
recommendation by the Executive Board.”
Article IX, “Agencies”
Section 3 “The
convention shall elect or approve members of the governing board of each
agency. Each board shall
have full authority over the internal operation of the agency but shall
be required to make a report of its operation and financial condition to
the annual meeting of the Convention in accordance with the Business and
Financial Plan.”
Bylaws
of the Missouri Baptist Convention
Article VII, “Boards and Agencies of the
Convention” Section 6
“Each agency may adopt its own bylaws, provided that the
bylaws are consistent with the Convention Constitution, Bylaws, and
Business and Financial Plan and with all applicable federal and state
laws.”
Business
and Financial Plan
of
the Missouri Baptist Convention
Article 15
“Charters” “All
proposed charters or amendments to charters of the agencies of the
Convention shall be submitted to the Convention, upon recommendation by
the Executive Board for approval before they become effective.
This provision shall also apply to subsidiary corporations of all
agencies. Copies of all
charters and amendments to charters shall be filed with the executive
director of the Executive Board.”
Articles
of Incorporation of the
Executive
Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention
Article 10
“The Board shall have general oversight over all
educational and benevolent institutions which shall place themselves
under its supervision and accept the conditions set forth in the Bylaws
of the Board. …The Board shall not extend any financial or other
assistance to any of such institutions whose property and funds are not
safeguarded to the Baptist denomination.”
Bylaws
of The Executive Board
of
the Missouri Baptist Convention
Article XIV,
“Educational and Benevolent Institutions” Section A
“Any educational or benevolent institution which shall
desire to be owned or operated by the Missouri Baptist Convention
through the Executive Board upon approval of the Convention shall only
be eligible under the conditions set forth in Paragraph C of this
article
Article XIV,
“Educational and Benevolent Institutions” Section B
“Any educational or benevolent institutions, cooperating in
covenant relationship with the Convention, which shall desire to receive
contributions by the Executive Board from the Cooperative Program
Allocations Budget as approved by the Missouri Baptist Convention shall
only be eligible to do so under the conditions set forth in Paragraph C
of this article.”
Article XIV,
“Educational Institutions”
Section C, #2
“The governing board shall either have been elected or approved
by the Missouri Baptist Convention.”
Article XIV,
“Benevolent Institutions”
Section C, #2
“The governing board shall either have been elected or approved
by the Missouri Baptist Convention.”
MBC
Agency Charters before amended to
become
“self-perpetuating” boards
Baptist
Home Charter
Article VII,
Section 1 “This
corporation shall be affiliated with and subject to the Missouri Baptist
Convention. The members
of the Board of Trustees of this corporation shall be nominated and
elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention at the Annual Meeting of said
Convention and shall automatically be removed upon withdrawal of the
approval by the Missouri Baptist Convention or the Executive Board of
Missouri Baptist Convention.”
Article IX
“This
agreement of the corporation may be amended by an affirmative vote of
two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Board of Trustees at any meeting
of the said Board of Trustees provided written notice of the amendment
and the proposed wording thereof is mailed to each Trustee at least
thirty (30) days prior to the date of said meeting by the Secretary of
the corporation, and provided said Amendment is approved by the
Missouri Baptist Convention.”
Articles
of Agreement (Charter)
of
the Missouri Baptist Foundation
Article VI
“The Trustees shall be nominated and elected in
accordance with the procedures and practices of the Nominating Committee
of the Missouri Baptist Convention.”
Article VIII
“The Trustees shall have the authority, at a regular or a
special called meeting of the Board of Trustees, to amend these articles
of Agreement in any manner consistent with the purposes of the
Foundation as described in Article IV(A) herein, upon receiving the vote
of a majority of the Trustees in office, by submitting any such
amendment to the Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention for
its recommendation of approval to the Missouri Baptist Convention and,
upon receiving the approval of the Missouri Baptist Convention of such
amendment…”
Charter
for the Missouri Baptist College
Article II,
Section 8
“The board of trustees shall consist of twenty-seven
persons appointed by the Missouri Baptist Convention.
At least seventy-five (75) percent of the trustees shall be
members of Baptist churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist
Convention.”
Article II,
Section 12 “The
board of trustees may adopt one or more amendments to these articles of
incorporation subject to the approval of the Missouri Baptist
Convention upon recommendation of the Executive Board of the
Missouri Baptist Convention.”
Articles
of incorporation (Charter)
of
Windermere Baptist Conference Center
Article XII
“The board of trustees shall consist of nine persons. Three of the nine trustees shall be permanent members by
virtue of office. The
permanent members are the Missouri Baptist
Convention Executive Director, the Missouri Baptist
Convention President, and the Chairman of the Windermere Board of
Advisors. The remaining
six trustees shall be presented by the Convention Nominating Committee
for election by the Missouri Baptist Convention.”
Articles
of Incorporation (Charter) of Word & Way
Article XII
“The Board of Trustees will include 12 members.
Trustees will be nominated by the Missouri Baptist Convention
Nominating Committee and elected at the Missouri Baptist Convention
annual meeting.”
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