POLITY - continued

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the care, management and acquisition of all church property. The Mission Board oversees the extensive mission program of the church, approving which missions, agencies and individuals, will receive support. It administers the benevolence budget of the church. The Music Board is responsible for all music activities of the church, instrumental and choral. The Personnel Board oversees and administers the personnel policies of the church.

Along with the Boards, the membership of which is elected by the congregation, there are nine standing committees. The congregation elects the chairs of the committees. The nine committees are Audit, Endowment, Fellowship, Historical, Long-Range Planning, Memorials, Nominating, Public Relations, and Ushering. Their responsibilities are also spelled out in the by-laws of the congregation.