Can church council bring motions or recommendations to voters assembly for a vote

[Guest Disgusted]

 

[Dan Honemann]

Don't see why not.  

[jstackpo]

Countering Dan's ever cheerful optimism, your church may have rules (Bylaws) that give full and exclusive control of church business to the council (or other group) which would preclude any assembly decisions.  Check the rules/bylaws and see who is in control.

[Richard Brown]

I don't have a clue what our disgusted guest is asking about. He needs to tell us more.

[J. J.]

Usually the answer is yes.  Except in some cases where a rule would be constructed to prevent its suspension, at worst, the rules could be suspended to permit this.  The rules could be suspended to permit me to make a motion or recommendation.

[Gary Novosielski]

8 hours ago, jstackpo said:

Countering Dan's ever cheerful optimism, your church may have rules (Bylaws) that give full and exclusive control of church business to the council (or other group) which would preclude any assembly decisions.  Check the rules/bylaws and see who is in control.

I would submit that if the council is given exclusive control, that would include the authority to place a given matter before the general assembly for a decision, if the council believed such a course of action to be appropriate.

[Josh Martin]

21 hours ago, J. J. said:

Usually the answer is yes.  Except in some cases where a rule would be constructed to prevent its suspension, at worst, the rules could be suspended to permit this.  The rules could be suspended to permit me to make a motion or recommendation.

Well, that probably is not necessary. Presumably at least some members of the council are also members of the society.

[J. J.]

9 hours ago, Josh Martin said:

Well, that probably is not necessary. Presumably at least some members of the council are also members of the society.

I agree, but I was showing difficulty in preventing it.