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Originally Posted by AR Pastor
The bylaws just state that the individual must be living a holy separated life and following the teachings of the church.
Any new person added to the roister roll must be approved b y the pastor and add only by the pastor.
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Are your church teachings specified in the bylaws? If not, where would one find a list of the teachings of your church to determine if they wanted to join? Is the no facial hair requirement listed anywhere at all?
With your second paragraph, it would appear that as pastor you could override anything written in the bylaws in being the sole determiner of all memberships. For instance, if you had something personal against a person and yet they were living a separated life and following the church teachings, you could stand in their way of becoming a member by rejecting their application. (I do not mean this part personally- it would not matter who the pastor was.)
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