Awakening Together’s governance structure consists of two boards. Our purpose for maintaining a two boards is to ensure the governing discernment of this assembly remains pure without confusing the values of the Awakening Together assembly with the personal values of individual leaders and to ensure the Awakening Together purpose and values remain in the highest position of consideration during all organization-level decision making including decisions made in the management of the day-to-day affairs of the corporation.
The highest of the two boards, the Board of Directors, shall consist of at least three member-servant leaders and no more than seven member-servant leaders. Persons serving on the Board of Directors shall be known as directors. The Chairman of the Board shall be an Awakening Together Minister. The Board of Directors shall be administered as set forth in the Bylaws of The Foundation for the Holy Spirit Inc. The primary purpose of the Board of Directors is to oversee the Member Board to ensure the Awakening Together purpose and values remain in the highest position of consideration in all organization-level decision making including decisions made in the management of day-to-day affairs.
The lower board, the Member Board of Trustees, shall consist of at least five member-servant leaders and no more than twelve member-servant leaders who are charter members or members of good standing for at least two years. Persons serving on the Member Board shall be known as trustees. The Member Board is subordinate to the Board of Directors. The Member Board shall be administered as set forth in the assembly’s bylaws and in the Leadership and Governance Policy and Procedure. The primary purpose of the Member Board is to manage the assembly’s day-to-day affairs in accordance with the Awakening Together purpose and values.
No person shall serve on the Board of Directors and the Member Board simultaneously.
