Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS • 9

Drafting a Constitution (Bylaws): Key Tool for Nurturing Community . . . . . . . . 334 Sample Church Constitution . . . . . . . . . . 335 Articles of Incorporation Template . . . . . . . . 347 Sample Articles of Incorporation . . . . . . . . . 348 Church Financial Processes . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Petty Cash Account Procedures . . . . . . . . . 354 Church Plant Financial Policies . . . . . . . . . . 356 The Church and State . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Sample 501 (C) (3) Determination Letter . . . . . . . 363 IRS Form SS-4: Application for Employer Identification Number. 365 World Impact and Partnership Agreements . . . . . . 367 Conciliation Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Sample Partnership Agreement: The Nehemiah Team and World Impact . . . . . . . 372 Sample Partnership Agreement: East San Diego Assembly of God and World Impact . . . . 374 Sample Partnership Agreement: International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and World Impact . 376 Sample Partnership Agreement: World Impact and the Independent Christian Churches in the Wichita Area . . . . . . . 378 Sample Partnership Agreement: World Impact/CEEC Oaklawn Partnership Church Plant . . . 384

Appendix Twenty-five Years of Urban Church Planting among the Poor: A Report . . . . . . . . . . 387

An Abridged Church Planting Bibliography . . . . . 427

The Urban Ministry Institute: Polishing the Stones That the Builders Reject How You Can Equip Leaders for Your Church and Ministry . 435