New Bylaws 2021

During our Annual Meeting on May 11, 2021, participants debated and voted on the proposed bylaws. Below you will find the Table of Contents for Plymouth’s new Bylaws. You can click here to download a full Executive Summary of these Bylaws, and click here to download a full copy of the Bylaws document were passed. The bylaws were passed by more than the two-thirds affirmative vote required.

New Bylaws 2021 Table of Contents

Article I. WHO WE ARE

  • Name | 1
  • Mission, Guiding Principles, and Motto | 1
  • Plymouth Covenant | 1
  • Services | 1
  • Congregational Governance | 2
  • Membership | 2

 

Article II.  GOVERNANCE

  • Church Council | 3
  • General Provisions for Church Council Boards | 4
  • Church Council Boards | 7
  • General Provisions for Board Committees and Other Groups | 9
  • Executive Committee of Church Council | 10
  • Standing Committees of Church Council Executive Committee | 12

 

Article III.  FISCAL AND PROGRAM YEARS; TERMS OF OFFICE; CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS

  • Fiscal and Program Years | 14
  • Terms of Office | 14
  • Congregational Meetings | 14

 

Article IV.  PASTORS, STAFF, AND LAY OFFICERS

  • Ordained Pastors | 17
  • Plymouth Staff | 21
  • Lay Officers | 21

 

Article V. OTHER PROVISIONS

  • Parliamentary Authority | 23
  • Manner of Meetings | 23
  • Amendments | 23
  • Effective Date of Bylaws | 23