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Originally Posted by ttpaba
Oh my! I mean....geez, I'm stumped ok, ok so can anyone change it? Since the District man has agreed to be our interim pastor for I think 6 mths can he change it? If or I guess I should say when we elect a new pastor can he change it?
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It has been almost a decade since I was in the UPC so some things could have changed. But when I was elected pastor of two different UPC churches the district encouraged the board to offer to resign after the election so that the new pastor (me) could appoint a new board. In both instances, I chose to retain the pre-existing board until we had our first business meeting. Even at that I kept all of the ones that desired to remain.
Our by-laws were set up as most that I know seeing there is a church government section in the UPC manual as a template. The pastor appoints board members and the voting members ratify his/her appointees. Most bylaws are also set that a church board will remain intact until a new pastor has been selected as to minimize the politics of people trying to change the board while not having a pastor.
The UPC also recommends boards that consist of not less than 3 not more that 7 members. But this is only a suggestion.
Typically, the church board can only be changed by an appoint by the pastor (who also serves as chairman of the board) and the ratification of the voting members, which takes a business meeting and a voting roster.
In some churches (especially in certain denominations) the church board runs for office and the members vote on them like we do in secular political offices. This scenario usually creates a board run church where every thing concerning church vision, church policy, and church leadership is at the mercy of the board--including the pastor's spiritual vision for the congregation.