ARTICLE X – COMMITTEES

General

Committees may be appointed by the pastor and deacons or by church election as deemed

necessary. Committees may be established for a short-term of limited duration, or for a long-term

task requiring a committee of semi-permanent status. All committees are advisory in nature, and

have no responsibility or authority to establish policy or to appropriate funds. All committees are

responsible to report their recommendations and requests to the pastor and deacons. Inasmuch as

pastors and deacons are the only officers of the church who are recognized as such by the Bible (I Timothy 3), those officers are officially responsible to the congregation.

A. Finance Committee

The duties of the Finance Committee are to formulate the annual budget and to recommend same to the church and to supervise expenditures as authorized by the church budget as adopted by the

church.

C. Usher Committee

The church shall elect men from its membership at its annual meeting to serve as ushers under the direction of the pastor or his designee. The usher chairman shall be responsible to see that

sufficient ushers are present to serve the congregation at all times. The usher chairman may use

other members when sufficient numbers of ushers are not present. The ushers shall be responsible for ventilating the building and seeking the comfort of the congregation. It shall be the duty of the ushers to gather all tithes and offerings and to turn them over to the treasurer.

D. Other Committees

Other committees such as Missions, Benevolence, Baptism and Ordinance, etc., shall be selected or appointed as needed and shall operate on a basis directed by the church or pastor and deacons.