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Abandoned church property	4730
Abortion	410:11
Absentee ballots	695
Abstinence: From Alcoholic Beverages	265:4; 410:4
Abstinence: From astrology	265:2
Abstinence: From food	265:9
Abstinence: From gambling	265:4
Abstinence: From harmful drugs	265:4; 410:4
Abstinence: From spiritism	265:2
Abstinence: From tobacco	265:4; 410:4
Abstinence: From witchcraft	265:2
Abuse	265:7
Accusation: Proper form and handling	5002:3-4; 5022; 5206
Accusation: Withdrawal of members when under	592; 5048
Action committee, district	1165-1168
Adjunct entities	4370
Administration, General Board of:	SEE General Board
Administrators, ministers serving as,	3320
Admonition	5023:1, 5115
Adoption	230
Adult committee, local Christian education	878
Adultery, basis for divorce	265:6
Advisory committee, pastor’s	795
Advisory council: Circuit	530
Advisory council: Developing church	510:3
Affiliate church	548, 7000-7035, Appendix C
Africa	17:3; 18; 33; 35; 80
Africa Evangelistic Mission	33
Agreement, pastoral	313:3; 315:2; 323:1-2; 697
Alabama	SEE South Coastal district
Alaska	SEE Northwest district
Alberta	SEE Central Canada district
Alcoholic beverages	265:4; 410:4
Alliance of the Reformed Baptist Church of Canada, The	17:3
Alternate delegates: To Board of Review	5405
Alternate delegates: To District Conference	1106
Alternate delegates: To General Conference	1516–1518
Ancestry, discrimination forbidden,	360:3d
Andover, MA.	7
Annual budget: District	1180:16; 1233:18
Annual budget: General Church	1655:23; 2050
Annual budget: Local	655:12; 782:31
Annual calendar of events, local	782:7
Annual church meeting	625–655
Annual conference	SEE district conference
Annual service report	1402
Annuities	475; 2050:5
Antigua	35
Appeal, judicial: District conference’s right of	1180:41
Appeal, judicial: District member’s right of	323:6
Appeal, judicial: Members’ right of	302:4
Appeal, judicial: Minister’s right of	313:7
Appeal on questions of order: In district conference	1144
Appeal on questions of order: In General Conference	1550
Appointed ordained ministers	317; 1240:I; 3250–3390
Appointments, ministerial	3250–3390
Area representatives on General Board	340:1; 1605:2
Areas: Educational	1590:14; 2371–2374; 2450–2470
Areas: Representative	1590:12; 2430–2445
Arizona	SEE Pacific Southwest district and Southwest Hispanic district
Arkansas	SEE Tri-State district
Articles of Religion	210–250; cf. 297:3; 553:1 Summary of, 299
Assistant: District superintendent	1320–1327
Assistant: Pastor	678; 725:29; 741
Assistant: Treasurer, local	845:1
Associate pastor	678; 725:29; 738
Assurance: Doctrine of	230
Assurance: John Wesley’s search for	2
Astrology, abstain from	265:2
Atlantic district	2403:1; 2435; 2460
Atonement, Article of Religion	226
Audiovisuals, local	880:13
Audit, GB ordered	1655:20; 4320:7
Auditing committee, auditor: District	1340
Auditing committee, auditor: Local church	800:2; 863
Australia	18; 80
Authority, For church law	185
Auxiliaries: Annual audit	1655:20
Auxiliaries: Election of boards, trustees, managers	1655:19
Auxiliaries: Financial policies	1655:23
Auxiliaries: Financial support	2050:4
Auxiliaries: Official policies	1655:27
Auxiliaries: Overall correlation	1785:3