CONGREGATIONAL STANDING AND DEVELOPMENT:

The Committee on Congregational Standing and Development shall seek to strengthen and support the presence of the United Church of Christ in the Southeast Metropolitan New York region.  To this end, the Committee shall seek to identify new churches,  to strengthen existing Association churches and their ministries, and to discover churches outside the Association which are looking for a larger church connection and would respond to the spirit of the United Church of Christ. 

It shall counsel with any church which makes application for membership in the Association and standing as a congregation of the United Church of Christ and, when appropriate, shall present such a church to the Board of Directors for action on its application for membership. The Committee shall annually review the attendance and involvement of member churches in the life of the Association,  and seek to counsel with churches which have fallen from active fellowship or which are becoming separated from the fellowship of the Association. At the request of the Board of Directors, the Committee may maintain a list of Corresponding Churches, not members of the Association, but wishing to relate to or be informed of the work of the Association. The Committee shall recommend to the Board of Directors or the Association appropriate response to any breach of the standards of affiliation, using criteria consistent with the Constitution and By-Laws of the United Church of Christ.

Contact: Rev. Valerie A. Ross "Chairperson"

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