Established church: Qualifications for organization

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(1) Twenty-five or more persons who are members or are approved and ready to be received as members when the organization shall be effected.
(2) Effective evangelism and a record of new converts and/or believers’ baptisms incorporated into the church.
(3) An intentional investment of financial and human resources into community and global needs.
(4) A reasonable degree of financial stability, including the meeting of such obligations as it may have to the General Church and the district.