The Progressive National Baptist Convention's own Constitution and By-Laws, whose Article 1, Section 1a requires each member Baptist church, not individual members directly, to contribute at least one percent of its prior year's operating receipts to the Convention as a condition of its churches' representatives being eligible to hold Convention office, alongside Article IV's statement that the Convention holds no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over its member churches' internal affairs.
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Tier 1: the Convention's own governing Constitution and By-Laws, downloaded directly and read in full from disk as a PDF. By-Laws Article 1, Section 1a, states plainly: "Each Baptist Church, admitted to the Convention, shall contribute to the Convention at least 1% of its operating receipts of the previous year. Only those members who pay 1% of their operating receipts by the end of the preceding fiscal year are eligible to be elected and hold office in the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc." This is a congregation-to-convention due, not an individual member's personal giving obligation; Article IV states the Convention holds no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over its member churches' internal affairs. Citation
PublisherProgressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://www.pnbc.org/assets/uploads/2019/02/PNBC_ConstitutionByLaws.pdf
Source Typechurch body
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