"We, the members of the THE SOVEREIGN GRACE BIBLE CHURCH OF CEBU, INC., a non-profit organization, do ordain and establish the following articles, to which we voluntarily submit ourselves."

CONTENTS:  1  Institution  2  Membership  3  Leadership  4  Commission  5  Order  6  Congregational Meetings  7  Affiliation

SECTION 4.    OUR CONSUMATION AS AN
                          ECCLESIASTICAL INSTITUTION

Paragraph A. General Statement.

       Our hope and prayer is that the Sovereign Grace Bible Church will continue vibrant and faithful, as a true church of Jesus Christ, with our heritage intact, until the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, if in God's providence, this church must dissolve and disband prior to Christ's return, this section is intended to provide for that dissolution in a decent and orderly manner, in the fear of Christ.

Paragraph B. The Grounds for Dissolution.

       The grounds for dissolution of this church prior to the coming of Christ are:

1. If it were no longer physically capable of pursuing its purpose due to providential dwindling through scarcity of conversion, scattering by persecution, or other such circumstances.

2. If it were no longer consecrated by the Holy Spirit as a true church of Christ, but rather were to be repudiated by Christ for its rebellion and apostasy.

3. If it were no longer willing to remain committed to the distinctives of our doctrinal heritage as defined in our articles of faith, namely, our orthodox Christianity, our covenantal theology, our Calvinism, our Puritanism, and our independent and Baptismal Ecclesiology.

1. The Proposal to Pursue Dissolution. The elders, or other leadership, shall propose to the congregation the pursuit of dissolution. Congregational approval of such a proposal, at a duly called congregational meeting for that purpose, is necessary for the dissolution process to begin.

2. The process of Dissolution. Upon congregational approval of leadership's recommendation to pursue 3 dissolution, the congregation shall decide on the receiver or receivers of its assets, make arrangements for, and actually dispose of the same within the guidelines defined in the following section of this paragraph. The last act of the congregation shall be to acknowledge an d certify that all its assets have been disposed as specified herein.

3. The Guidelines for Dissolution. The dissolution shall proceed with these guidelines, which shall not be violated. Assets are to be disposed , and all just debts paid. No member is to take possession of any assets, or profit from their liquidation. The disposal of all assets, or the proceeds from their liquidation, shall be to a church holding to our doctrinal distinctives specified in paragraph B3 of this section. In the unlikely event that no such reformed Baptist Church or churches exist, our assets shall be given to an Evangelical Presbyterian church, holding to the Westminster Standards. If no evangelical Reformed church, Baptist or Presbyterian exist, may God have mercy on our nation and those who dispose our assets. Let them then be distributed to spread the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, which we know shall exist somehere according to God's promise, until Christ's return (Mt. 16:18).

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