ARTICLE VI
CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES
Organized ministries of Calvary Baptist Church shall include Sunday School, Discipleship Training, Woman's Missionary Union, Music, Children, Youth, College Students, Single Adults, Senior Adults, Recreation, and Homebound. All ministries shall be governed by the Church except the Woman's Missionary Union, which is auxiliary in relationship to the Church.
The Church shall, under the leadership of the Pastor, have a staff member with appropriate education and expertise to be responsible for each of the ministries listed above, except Woman's Missionary Union, for which the Pastor shall designate a staff member to serve as liaison.
SECTION 1
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The purposes of Sunday School are to help those attending to be more dedicated to the service of our Lord through effective Bible teaching and study, and to win the lost to Christ. The Minister of Education shall be responsible for the Sunday School. The Sunday School organization shall consist of departmental officers and class teachers and officers. The Church Nominating Committee shall bring to the Church, as required by Article IV, Section 2D of these By-Laws, its nominations for departmental officers and class teachers. All class officers shall be elected annually by vote within each class.
Vacation Bible School shall be a part of the Sunday School organization. The Minister of Education shall select an individual to serve as Director, who shall enlist as many individuals as are required to adequately staff the school.
Both the Sunday School and the Vacation Bible School shall provide teaching consistent with the Christian faith in general and Baptist beliefs in particular, remembering that we generally endorse the statement of faith adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Kansas City, Missouri on May 9, 1963.
SECTION 2
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
The Woman's Missionary Union is an auxiliary organization of Calvary Baptist Church whose purpose, as outlined in the Woman's Missionary Union Yearbook, S. B. C., is to lead the Church and its members to pray for and give to missions, do missions, learn about missions, develop spiritually toward a missions lifestyle, and participate in the work of Calvary and the Baptist denomination.
The Woman's Missionary Union at Calvary Baptist Church is composed of Women on Mission (Adult Women); Youth on Mission (Co-educational, Grades 7-12); Children in Action (Co-educational, Grade 6); Girls in Action (Grades 1-5); and Mission Friends (Pre-School).
The Woman's Missionary Union elects a Director, Assistant Director, and other leadership for the mission groups listed above and presents the roster annually for the information of the Church at regular business meeting.
SECTION 3
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES
Royal Ambassadors is a mission organization at Calvary Baptist Church for boys (Grades 1-5). The Minister to Children shall recommend to the Nominating Committee, for submission to the Church, leadership for Royal Ambassadors.
Additional ministries may be established from time to time upon approval of the members of the Church. The Pastor shall designate a staff member to serve as liaison for these ministries.
Adopted October 15, 1997