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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.
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Notice of the above change was not provided in accordance
with Article XV
and Minnesota Law. No meeting of the congregation was called and no
congregation vote was secured as required by law.
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While these two changes appear somewhat innocuous,
Mr. Matthews was still
testing his ability to routinely alter the Articles by making minor changes
and
getting his trustees to accept them without calling for a membership vote.
It was
illegal!
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The day of this meeting is a Monday. This is a day
when virtually no church
business was ever conducted! According to the contemporaneous record kept
by
the author of this site who was a member of the church at the time, no
meeting
was held on that date for such a vote. Nor was there any notice of such
change
provided to the members of this congregation. The changes demonstrate that
the
Trustees did not understand their obligations under law. The changes also
demonstrate how easily the Trustees were manipulated by Bill
Matthews.
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