Bylaws

Below you will find the Table of Contents for Plymouth’s current 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.

Bylaws 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