Article 19; The National Church
A.
When any nation has five or more state churches, they may have a national organization if they meet the following requirements;
 

1. They must select a town in their nation and buy there housing for the national Speaker, national secretary, national Guardian, and national treasurer, and office space either in one building or a group of buildings in close proximity to one another.
2. Any person seeking elected office in the national, must be willing to move to these quarters and stay there for the term of their office if elected.
3. All national officials shall be elected to terms of five years, except for the national Speaker who shall be elected for an indefinite term as is a state and local Speaker.
 

Article 20; National Speaker
A.
1. The National Speaker has the same responsibilities as the state Speaker. He can remove for improper conduct, any member of any state organization or local church for misuse of their office, and appoint replacements for state officials until the next elections can be held. He may also remove or alter the status of any worker's certificate.
2. A person must have five years' experience as a local church Speaker and five years experience as a state church's Speaker to run for this office.
3. The national Speaker also has the ability of issuing all charters and certificates.
4. In the event of the removal of the national Speaker from office, or their resignation, the eldest national judge shall serve as temporary Speaker until elections can be carried out.
 

Article 21; National Guardian Officer
A.
1. The duty of the national Guardian officer is to assist the national Speaker in keeping the order in the churches.
2. They are to receive the complaints and investigate any local official or state official accused of misconduct.
3. It is also their duty to see to the safety of the national Speaker and all church property and members.
B.
1. All Guardian Officers are elected for a term of five years. They must have at least five years' experience as a Guardian in a local church, and five years' experience as Guardian in a state church.
 

Article 22: National Secretary
A.
Each secretary shall be elected for a term of five years. They must have at least five years experience as secretary in a local church, and five years in a state church as secretary. Their responsibilities are;
1. To assist the national Speaker in all correspondence pertaining to their office.
2. To keep accurate records of all national meetings and functions.
3. To see to the care of all national documents.
4. To grade and handle all correspondence courses.
 

Article 23; National Treasurer
A.
Each national treasurer is elected to a five year term. They must have at least five years' experience as treasurer in a local church, and five years as Treasurer in a state church.
 

1. It is their responsibility to see that each church pays its proper percentage to the national organization and its depositing to its proper accounts.
2. To keep accurate books on all national funds.
3. It is also their responsibility to assist the national Guardian in the investigation of any misuse of funds by any church, state, or local. They have the authority to audit any of these churchs' books on the request of the national Speaker.
 

Article 24; National Judges
A.
1. It shall be the responsibility of each national Speaker to appoint ten judges whose responsibilities are to review any appeals of the church members who have undergone trial in the state church, to make sure that the rules of the church have not been violated in their case. If they feel any member has not been treated justly, they may order a new trial in their behalf.
B.
1. They must be Speakers or teachers holding class A certificates, and having experience of at least five years as being Judges in a state church.
 

Article 25; National Representatives
A.
Each state church shall elect a national representative whose responsibility it shall be to carry their church's needs and recommendations to the national Speaker.
1. The representatives must have served at least five years as a representative in a state church.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the representatives to meet two times a year to draft projects for the national organizations, and to present these projects to the national Speaker, whose responsibility it is to decide if these suggestions are within the church's laws.
3. If the national Speaker feels that there are sufficient funds available for the projects, he may approve them.
4. These representatives receive no salary, but each church should be responsible for their traveling expenses to and from the meetings.

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