BYLAWS - Lifeway Church

1 BYLAWS Lifeway Church , Inc. BYLAWS 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE _____ 3 ARTICLE 1 | NAME AND INCORPORATION _____ 3 ARTICLE 2 | STATEMENT OF FAITH _____ 4 ARTICLE 3 | MEMBERS _____ 8 ARTICLE 4 | Church GOVERNMENT & CORPORATE OFFICERS _____ 10 ARTICLE 5 | SENIOR PASTOR _____ 12 ARTICLE 6 | OVERSEERS _____ 15 ARTICLE 7 | PASTORAL STAFF AND MINISTRY LEADERS _____ 15 ARTICLE 8 | ELDERS _____ 17 ARTICLE 9 | SALARIES _____ 21 ARTICLE 10 | MINISTER ORDINATION AND LICENSING _____ 22 ARTICLE 11 | CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS _____ 24

2 ARTICLE 12 | Church DISCIPLINE _____ 25 ARTICLE 13 | BUSINESS PRACTICES _____ 26 ARTICLE 14 | PROPERTY _____ 27 ARTICLE 15 | LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY _____ 27 ARTICLE 16 | AMENDMENTS _____ 29 Lifeway Church , Inc. BYLAWS 3 PREAMBLE The membership of this Church accepts the Bible as its authority. The BYLAWS are intended to apply biblical concepts to the establishment of the structure and function of this Church body. These BYLAWS establish Lifeway Church s interpretation of these biblical concepts.

3 2 Timothy 3:16-17 | All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. ARTICLE 1 | NAME AND INCORPORATION Name of the Corporation A. This congregation shall be known as Lifeway Church , incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Church Location B. Mailing address is: Lifeway Church 70 Clay School Road Ephrata, Pennsylvania 17522 Organization Purpose C. Lifeway Church , Inc.

4 Shall be organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue law in order to: 1. Minister the Word of God. 2. Conduct regular religious worship services through various forms of ministries. 3. Promote and encourage, through ministries of the organization, cooperation with other organizations ministering within the community. 4. Spread the Word of the Gospel by ministering to all through seminars, radio, television, and other forms of mass media.

5 5. Conduct a local and international Church by the direction of the Lord Jesus Christ and under the leadership of the Holy Spirit in accordance with all the provisions as set forth in the Bible. Lifeway Church , Inc. BYLAWS 4 6. Maintain local Church and missionary facilities. 7. Conduct a school for ministers and leaders. 8. License and ordain qualified individuals including graduates of ministerial schools. 9. To have the right to own, hold in trust, use, possess, sell, convey, mortgage, lease or dispose of such property, real or chattel, as may be needed for the prosecution of its work.

6 10. Lifeway Church , Inc. is not organized, nor shall it operate, for pecuniary gain or profit, and it does not contemplate the distribution of gains, profits, or dividends to its members and is organized solely for non-profit purposes. The property, assets, profits and net income of this Church are irrevocably dedicated to charitable, educational, and religious purposes and no part of the profits or net income of this Church shall ever inure to the benefit of any individual. On the dissolution of this Church , its assets remaining after payment, or provision or payment of all debts and liabilities of this Church shall be distributed to a non profit fund, foundation, or corporation that is organized and operated for charitable, educational, ecclesiastical, or religious purposes and that has established its tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

7 Term D. The term in which the corporation is to exist is perpetual. ARTICLE 2 | STATEMENT OF FAITH The Word of God A. We believe that only the sixty-six books of the Bible, in their original languages, are the inspired and, therefore, inerrant Word of God. The Bible is the final authority for all we believe and how we are to live. (Mt. 5:18; Jn. 10:35; 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16 17; 2 Pet. 1:20 21) God B. We believe that the one true God exists eternally in three persons Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and that these, being one God, are equal in deity, power, and glory.

8 God is infinite in love, perfect in judgments, and unchanging in righteousness and mercy. We believe that God not only created the world, but also now upholds, sustains, governs, and providentially directs all that exists, and that He will bring all things to their proper consummation in Christ Jesus, to the glory of His name. (Ps. 104:1 35; 139:1 24; Mt. 10:29 31; 28:19; Acts 17:24 28; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 1:9 12; 4:4 6; Col. 1:16 17; Heb. 1:1 3; Rev. 1:4 6) Lifeway Church , Inc. BYLAWS 5 1. God the Father We believe God the Father is eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent.

9 We believe the heavenly Father is the source of all that exists, whether of matter or spirit. With the Son and the Holy Spirit, He made man, male and female, in His image. By intention He relates to people as Father, thereby forever declaring His goodwill toward them. In love He both seeks and receives penitent sinners. (Ps. 68:5; Isa. 64:8; Mt. 5:45; 7:11; Jn. 3:17; Rom. 8:15; 1 Pet. 1:17) 2. God the Son We believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ (Messiah), the Son of God; that He is God incarnate, fully God and fully man; that He was eternally preexistent with the Father and the Holy Spirit; and that He was conceived and born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and offered Himself as a penal, substitutionary sacrifice for sinners.

10 By His blood shed at the cross, He obtained for us eternal redemption, the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. He was raised bodily on the third day and ascended to the right hand of the Father, there to make intercession for the saints forever. He will return to earth again to reign in righteousness. (Mt. 1:18 25; Jn. 1:1 18; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:1 28; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:10 14; Eph. 1:7; Phil. 2:6 11; Col. 1:15 23; Heb. 7:25; 9:13 15; 10:19; 1 Pet. 2:21 25; 1 Jn. 2:1 2) 3. God the Holy Spirit We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ baptizes believers in the Holy Spirit, in whom we are also sealed for the day of redemption.