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Bylaws
Article 1. Name and Affiliations
1.1 Name. The name of this organization shall be Manhattan Chinese Christian Fellowship, hereinafter referred to as MCCF.
1.2 Affiliation. MCCF is affiliated with Christian Witness Center (CWC), Warsaw, Mo and Grace Baptist Church, Manhattan, KS. MCCF is also a student, staff, and faculty organization at Kansas State University. MCCF is governed by the following Bylaws.
Article 2. Objectives and Activities
2.1 General. MCCF is a group of ethnic Chinese who are interested in knowing God and following God's will. It serves all Chinese who study or work at the Kansas State University and in the city of Manhattan, Kansas.
2.2 Objectives. MCCF members gather to worship God, proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, edify the believers, and fellowship with each other in the Lord.
2.2 Activities. MCCF host regular Bible Study, Sunday School, Sunday Worship, and Prayer Meetings. In addition to our regular gatherings, we host seminars, evangelical meetings, and short-mission teams. MCCF members regularly attend year-round gospel camps, discipleship trainings, Bible camps, conferences, and retreats offered by CWC. MCCF Friday night Bible study, Sunday school and Sunday worship usually take place at Grace Baptist Church.
Article 3. Belief Statements
MCCF believes the followings:
3.1 The Bible. We believe in the Bible accepting fully the writings of the Old and the New Testaments as the very Word of God verbally inspired in all parts and therefore wholly without error in the original writings. We believe that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. [II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet. 1:21; John 13:35; 17:17; Psalm 19:7; Isa. 8:20]. We believe that the Scriptures teach that Christians should set their minds on things above, not on things on the earth. [I Thess. 5:22; II Tim. 2:11-22; Col. 3:2-17]
3.2 The God of Trinity. We believe in one Triune God eternally existing in three persons, Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit. [Matt. 28:19; John 1:1; 4:24; 5:25-26; 10:30; Matt. 3:17; Isa. 45:21; Jere. 10:10]. We believe in the Holy Spirit as the third person of the Triune God, who convicts of sin, regenerates, indwells, enlightens, empowers, baptizes, guides, teaches, and sanctifies all who become children of God through Christ. [Matt. 28:19; Gen. 1:2; John 16:8-11; I Cor. 3:16; 6:19; Rom. 8:14]
3.3 The Creation. We believe in God’s wonderful creation that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth in His Word, and created man in His own image (Gen 1)
3.4 The Sin. We believe that Adam was created in the spiritual image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred upon the human race not only the physical death but also spiritual death which is separation from God. We believe that all those descended from Adam are born with sinful natures and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, becomes sinners in thought and deed. [Gen. 1:26-28; 3:1-24; Eph. 2:3; Rom. 3:23; 5:12; 3:19; John 8:42-44]. We recognize the existence and personality of Satan as the powerful supernatural enemy of God, and his evil influence in the world. [Job 1:6; Jude 9; Rev. 20]
3.5 The Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man, that He died for our sins and on the third day arose from the dead and was glorified in the same body in which he suffered and died. He is now our High Priest in Heaven appearing before the presence of God as our advocate and intercessor. [Isa. 53:6; Gal. 3:13; John 1:1,14; 20:25-26; Heb. 9:24; I John 2:1; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; Gal. 4:4; I Tim. 2:5]
3.6 The Salvation. We believe in salvation by grace through faith. Men are justified on the single ground of personal acceptance of the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. [John 3:16; Acts 13:38; 16:31; Eph. 2:8-9]
3.7 The Church. We believe in the Church, which consists of all those who have been born again during this dispensation of grace and that they are members of the Body of Christ whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. [Eph. 1:10; 22-23; 2:21-22; I Peter 2:5, 9, 10]. We believe that a local New Testament Church is a group of born-again baptized believers bound together for the purpose of doing the will of Christ, including fellowship, worship, mutual edification, and the winning of souls. We believe that a local New Testament Church is a self-governing body subject only to Jesus Christ and His Word. [Acts 4:18-19; 6:3-6; 5:29; 13:24; 15:22-31; I Cor. 12:12; Acts 2:41-47]
3.8 The Judgment Days. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust in the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost. [I Thess. 4:13; I Cor. 15; Rev. 20:1-6; 11:15; Phil. 1:21-23; I John 3:2; II Cor 5:8; Matt. 25:46; Jude 13]. We believe in: a. "That blessed hope" - the Rapture [Titus 2:11-13; John 14; I Thess. 4:14-18] b. The personal and visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ to earth to establish His Kingdom. [Psalm 24; Isa. 9:6; 24:22-23; Zech. 14:4; Acts 1:10-11; Jude 14-15; Rev. 20]
3.9 The Baptism. We believe that baptism is the immersion of the believer in water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, setting forth the essential facts of redemption - the death, burial, and resurrection to newness of life. All members of a local new Testament Church are to be baptized believers. [Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 8:34-39; 16:30-33; Rom. 6:1-11]
3.10 The Communion. We believe that the Lord's Supper is a memorial service and is the setting forth in a sacred and symbolic manner the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on our behalf. The emblems of the memorial service are not literally the body and blood of Christ, nor do they contain His blood and flesh. The service is for the participation of believers only. It shall be observed on a regular basis. [Matt. 26:26-29; I Cor. 11: 20-34]
Article 4. Membership
4.1 Member. A MCCF member is anyone, Christians and non-Christians alike, who attends MCCF gatherings and is interested in seeking the truth about Jesus Christ and knowing the Lord and Savior. Although historically most MCCF members are comprised of faculties, staffs, and students from Kansas State University, MCCF membership is open to all in the Manhattan Kansas community.
Article 5. Co-workers and Committees
5.1 Co-workers are those who are abided by this bylaws, attend MCCF meeting regularly and volunteer to fulfill MCCF functions.
5.2 Co-worker committee. Specialty co-workers are those who service positions in the co-worker committee. The specialty co-worker positions include chairman of MCCf, chairman of the co-worker committee, treasurer, librarian, e-mail/webmaster, radio coordinator, music minister, and pianist.
5.3 K-State liaison committee. The K-State liaison committee shall be comprised of the President, Treasurer, and Secretary. These positions (officers) shall be filled by the members of co-worker committee or co-workers appointed by the MCCF chairman.
Article 6. Election of specialty co-workers and co-worker committees
6.1 The positions of specialty co-workers are elected among co-workers with more than 50% majority votes of the attending co-workers.
6.2 The chairman of MCCF shall nominate three officers for the K-State liaison committee. The co-worker committee shall approve the nomination. The appointed members shall decide the exact officer positions.
6.3 The term of each position, specialty co-worker or officer, is normally one year. A person can serve a position multiple teams with the approval of co-workers presented at the co-worker meeting. A co-worker may also serve on multiple positions. In case of position vacancy due to graduations or other events, the chairman of MCCF can appoint an interim co-worker for that position until the next co-worker meeting is held.
Article 7. Meetings
7.1 Co-workers shall meet at least three times a year. Usually the meetings take place at the end of Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters of Kansas State University.
7.2 Meeting chair. MCCF chairman shall host co-worker meetings or appoint a meeting chair to host the meetings. The meeting chair is responsible to arrange time and place, set the meeting agenda, inform all co-workers to attend, and oversee the order during the meetings.
7.3 Co-worker meetings are open to all members. However, only the co-workers have the voting rights.
7.4 A co-worker may submit a proposal or request in writing if she or he can not attend the meeting in person.
Article 8. Finance
8.1 Offering. Operations of MCCF are supported by free-willed offering.
8.2 Tax exempt from CWC. Since MCCF is affiliated with CWC – a taxed exempted organization, all donations to CWC are taxed deductible. The donation check shall be titled “CWC” with the memo noted as “MCCF fund.” All checks addressed to CWC shall be sent to CWC and the fund intended from MCCF shall be sent back and deposited into the MCCF account in a local bank.
8.3 Tax exempt from Footprint Radio. The KRMI-LP 105.5 radio station is affiliated with Footprint Radio. The donation check for our radio mission shall be titled “Footprint Radio” with the memo written as “KRMI Manhattan.” All checks addressed to Footprint Radio shall be sent to Footprint Radio Headquarter and the fund intended from KRMI-LP shall be sent back and deposited into the “Manhattan Chinese Christian Missionary” account in a local bank.
8.4 MCCF budgets are proposed and approved annually during the December co-worker meeting. Treasurer shall be executer of the budgets.
8.5 Treasurer shall report MCCF spending and its corresponding budgets during every co-worker meeting, which may revise the budgets according to the needs.
Article 8. Amendments
These Bylaws may be revised or amended by a two-thirds majority of the co-workers.
Article 9. Dissolution
Upon dissolution of MCCF, the assets of MCCF remaining after payment of all debts and expenses of dissolution shall be distributed, transferred, conveyed, and delivered to CWC, Warsaw, MO.
(First version 12/1990 drafted by Liwen Chang; Second version 4/21/2003 drafted by Shing-I Chang and Xuming Liu, and approved by co-worker meeting in May 2003)
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