Analysis of Bill Matthews' third illegal filing (9/29/94)

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In order to effect changes to the Corporate Articles, proper notice and full
disclosure of those changes must be given to all members of the congregation.
These minimum notice and disclosure requirements are located in Article XV of
the Articles and also in Minnesota Law at Chapter 317A.

Notice of the above changes was not provided in accordance with Article XV and
Minnesota Law. See Article XV and Mr. Matthews' letter dated September 20,
1994 below for the September 29, 1994 meeting. This letter is proof that Mr.
Matthews violated Article XV and Minnesota Law at Chapter 317A. He did not
provide proper notice of the meeting nor full disclosure of the changes he wanted.

Mr. Matthews failed to disclose to the membership that he had already made
massive and unauthorized changes to the Articles at the time the congregation voted on
its name change (July 1, 1993). See the first set of illegal changes. Further, the congregation was
presented a set of Articles for review that had been previously illegally modified two times. There
is no way that the congregation could have made an informed decision about what was presented to
them under such conditions. This is fraud! There is no other way it can be interpreted. With an
admitted twenty years of ministry experience, Mr. Matthews knew exactly what he was doing.

Mr. Matthews' actions were designed to minimize attendance and therefore opposition to his
changes. They were also designed to confuse the membership by not providing all of the facts
about the intended purposes of the changes he wanted. Not to mention the scrambled articles!

Article XV

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		Notes
In order to effect changes to the Corporate Articles, proper notice and full disclosure of those changes must be given to all members of the congregation. These minimum notice and disclosure requirements are located in Article XV of the Articles and also in Minnesota Law at Chapter 317A. Notice of the above changes was not provided in accordance with Article XV and Minnesota Law. See Article XV and Mr. Matthews' letter dated September 20, 1994 below for the September 29, 1994 meeting. This letter is proof that Mr. Matthews violated Article XV and Minnesota Law at Chapter 317A. He did not provide proper notice of the meeting nor full disclosure of the changes he wanted. Mr. Matthews failed to disclose to the membership that he had already made massive and unauthorized changes to the Articles at the time the congregation voted on its name change (July 1, 1993). See the first set of illegal changes. Further, the congregation was presented a set of Articles for review that had been previously illegally modified two times. There is no way that the congregation could have made an informed decision about what was presented to them under such conditions. This is fraud! There is no other way it can be interpreted. With an admitted twenty years of ministry experience, Mr. Matthews knew exactly what he was doing. Mr. Matthews' actions were designed to minimize attendance and therefore opposition to his changes. They were also designed to confuse the membership by not providing all of the facts about the intended purposes of the changes he wanted. Not to mention the scrambled articles!
	Article XV