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Revision as of 20:23, 12 March 2021
- (7) An established church may be reclassified by the district conference or the district board of administration as a developing church if such is recommended by the district superintendent and:
- (a) If its membership drops to thirty or fewer (1180:22; 1233:26); or
- (b) If no new converts and/or believers’ baptisms have been reported by the church within the previous two years; or
- (c) If no intentional investment of financial and human resources into the needs of those outside the church has been demonstrated within the two previous years; or
- (d) If it has consistently declined in attendance over the past seven years; or