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MANUAL 2017–2021

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MANUAL 2017–2021
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Church Government
Local Government
Local Church Organization, Name, Incorporation, Property, Restrictions, Mergers, Disorganization
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104.1

The real estate of the local church shall not be mortgaged to meet current expenses.

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Copyright 2017
by Nazarene Publishing House

Published by the authority of
the Twenty-ninth General Assembly
held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
June 25–29, 2017

Editing Committee

Dean G. Blevins
Stanley J. Rodes
Terry S. Sowden
James W. Spear
David P. Wilson

All scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version^® (NIV^®). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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