All,

 

On behalf of Pastor Allen Ford and the Bylaws Committee, as Chair of the Bylaws Committee, I would like to thank each of you for either your service on the Bylaws Committee or your valuable recommendations and submissions to the Committee.

 

The Bylaws Committee has reviewed each submission and provided a response to each. Some of the submissions, the Bylaws Committee agreed with and incorporated them into the proposed revised Bylaws. Other submissions, the Bylaws Committee did not agree with, at least for inclusion into the Bylaws, and provided a response and explanation as to our position.

 

Attached, you will find the following -

 

  • List of submissions and the Committee's responses to each of the submissions

  • Clean version of the proposed revised Bylaws

  • Red-line version of the proposed revised Bylaws

  • Clean version of the original, current Bylaws

 

The Bylaws Committee is sending out and posting the attached documents in advance of its final proposal to the Church Body on 4/22 for one final review before the Bylaws Committee makes its final proposal. Our aim for sending out this initial version is not so much to continue debating the same issues the Committee has already responded to or debate minor language adjustments (although grammatical and numbering corrections are welcomed), but rather to request your assistance to help the Committee identify any major issues we may have missed in our revision process so that we might review and potentially correct those prior to delivering our final proposal to the Church Body on 4/22. Our goal is to have as smooth of a process on 4/22 as possible, identifying and resolving major issues in advance of that meeting.

 

We are requesting any final input by Thursday, April 17, 2025.

 

The Committee's overall purpose during this process has been the following -

 

  • Review Bylaws

  • Review suggestions for amendments / not a rewrite

  • Review auditor comments / suggestions

  • Recommend amendments for vote by Church Body

  • Educate church; develop Bylaws “experts”

  • Simplify – from 35 pgs to 22 pgs

  • Clarify roles, responsibilities

  • Modify/eliminate any historically challenging language

 

Thank you for your contribution and assistance as we finalize this process.

 

Respectfully,

Art A. Hall

PO Box 929
San Antonio TX 78294
artahall@artah.com