Constitution Schedule
Relationship with the Participating Denominations
23) The Trustees shall be the equivalent of:
- a) the Elders' Meeting in the case of the United Reformed Church;
- b) the Deacons' Meeting in the case of a Baptist Church; and
- c) the Methodist Church Council (according to Standing Order 611 of the Methodist Church).
24) In the case of the Church of England, care should be taken to ensure that, as far as possible, the membership of the parochial church council is included in the membership of the Trustees.
25) The LEP shall maintain a proper relationship to the appropriate local and regional bodies of the Participating Denominations, fulfilling necessary constitutional requirements. These bodies are:
- a) in the case of the Church of England, the Swindon Deanery and the Diocese of Bristol;
- b) in the case of the Methodist Church, the Upper Thames Circuit;
- c) in the case of the United Reformed Church, the South Western Synod; and
- d) the West of England Baptist Regional Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
26) To that end, meetings of the members of the LEP affiliated to a particular Participating Denomination (as opposed to meetings of the members of the LEP) may be held in order to meet the constitutional requirements of the Participating Denomination concerned.
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