• 1.     The Objects of Yeshua International

                Yeshua International, which is a Member of The Yeshua International Network of Churches was formed as an Internet Church in March 2002.  Yeshua International is Unified and in Full Communion with The Old Roman Catholic Church in England.

• 2.     The Trustees of Yeshua International shall be responsible for all-:

                a)     Finances

                b)     The Website

                c)     For appointing Officers namely:-

                        i)    The Chief Ordaining Officer

•         The Chief Ordaining Officer in conjunction with the Entitlements Officer shall be responsible for Ordaining all Candidates for Ministry. The Chief Ordaining Officer will examine the credentials of all Candidates for Membership namely:- Lay Members, Ministers, Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals.  Yeshua International accepts and believes in the Apostolic Succession by the "Laying on of Hands".  All candidates for the Ordained Ministry will only be Ordained on this principle.

•         The Chief Ordaining Officer will be responsible for appointing all Bishops and Archbishops. The Chief Ordaining Officer will be responsible for renewing the Appointment of Bishops and Archbishops at the end of their term of office. The terms and conditions of appointment of Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals shall be determined by the Chief Ordaining Officer. The Chief Ordaining Officer has the sole authority to remove from the Register of Ministers, any Minister, Bishop, Archbishop or Cardinals who in the opinion of The Chief Ordaining Officer commits an act of indiscipline. Any or such acts of indiscipline shall be determined by the Chief Ordaining Officer. There is no appeal from being removed from the Register of Ministers, Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals.

•             ii)     The Entitlements Officer

•         The Entitlements Officer in conjunction with The Chief Ordaining Officer will examine the credentials of all candidates for Membership namely:- Lay Members, Ministers, Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals. The Entitlements Officer is responsible for keeping a Register of Lay Members, Ministers, Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals.

•             iii)     The Secretary

•         The Secretary is responsible for keeping and taking the minutes of the meetings of The Trustees and The Board of Ministry and to perform any other duties as from time to time are deemed necessary by the Trustees.

•           iv)     The Treasurer

•         The Treasurer is responsible for maintaining the bank accounts of Yeshua International and to make the Trustees aware of any financial needs.

•           v)     The Board of Ministry

•         The Board of Ministry shall be Members of Yeshua International, Lay and Ordained appointed by the Chief Ordaining Officer. Members of the Board of Ministry shall act in a voluntary capacity and act as Advisers to the Trustees on any aspect of Ministry or the running Yeshua International. The terms and conditions of the Members of the Board of Ministry shall be determined by The Chief Ordaining Officer appointed by the Trustees. It shall be determined by The Chief Ordaining Officer when Board of Ministry meetings shall be held.

•         vi)     The Website Co-Ordinator

•         The Website Co-Ordinator shall be responsible for compiling and uploading of the Website. The Website Co-Ordinator shall be responsible for determining the content of the Website in conjunction with the Chief Ordaining Officer.

•         vii)     The Ministry Page Co-Ordinator

•         The Ministry Page Co-Ordinator shall be responsible for compiling Guest Sermons each week and passing the information to the Website Co- Ordinator. The content on the Ministry Pages are not necessarily the views of Yeshua Network of Churches International but of the contributors.

•         viii)     The Prayer & Healing Page Co-Ordinator

•         The Prayer & Healing Page Co-Ordinator shall be responsible for compiling weekly prayers and healing requests and passing the information to the Website Co-Ordinator.

•         ix)    The Humour & Childrens’ Page Co-Ordinator

•         The Humour and Childrens’ Page Co-Ordinator shall be responsible for compiling the pages for inclusion on the Website once per month and passing the information to the Website Co-Ordinator.

•         x)     The Information Technology Co-Ordinator

•         The Information Technology Co-Ordinator shall be responsible for assisting the Website Co-Ordinator in aspects of uploading and compiling the Website. The Information Technology Co-Ordinator shall in conjunction with The Chief Ordaining Officer help and assist Members with any technical difficulties concerning Information Technology.

•         xi)    The Principal of The School of Theology

•         The Principal of the School of Theology shall be responsible for compiling and implementing all training courses for and on behalf of Yeshua International including vetting Candidates and marking assignments.

•         xii)     Appoint or Reassign

•         The Trustees of Yeshua International shall appoint or reassign Officers as and when the need arises.

• 3.     Ministry

•         Yeshua International is a Christian based Ministry and one of the largest, and fastest growing Online Internet Churches, having been established for nearly two years. We hold dear to the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, as being inspired by God. Members of Yeshua International believe that Jesus Christ was both the flesh and bone Son of God, and the deity of God the Son as well. In other words, Jesus was 100% human and 100% God the Son while He walked earth, and the time before and the time afterward. Although Christian, we also recognize that each individual follows his or her own path to spiritual awakening. Yeshua International respects all paths and honours each person's right to seek their own personal truth. We recognize the diversity of the world, and as such, we accept all members of the community regardless of their Religious background or denomination without prejudice of any kind. Yeshua International willingly Ordains, all that come to us after due examination.  However, Ordination or Elevation is only done in the Apostolic Succession by the "Laying on of Hands" and there will be necessary fees determined by the Chief Ordaining Officer.  No candidate will be Ordained or Elevated until all the proper fees have been met.  Our Ministry is made up of Lay Members, Ordained Ministers, Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals.

• 4.     The Main Aims of Yeshua International are:

•         i)     To Reach and bring together diverse people and denominations from around the world who believe in the basic Christian principle.

•         ii)     To develop a global prayer and worship community, praying and worshipping for the needs of others, comforted in the knowledge that they, in turn, are being prayed for by the community.

•         iii)     To admit Lay Members into the Membership of Yeshua  International.

•         iv)     To Ordain Ministers, Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals, those who feel called to Minister to their Community in the Name of God.  Ordinations & Consecrations will only take place in the Apostolic Succession by the "Laying on of Hands".

•         v)     To develop the largest and fastest growing Online Internet Church.

•        vi)     To support people in the development of their own Ministry with guidance from the main Internet Church.

•        vii)     To spread the Word of God through Prayer, Worship and Bible Reading inconjuction with the Internet.

• 5.     Unity in Christ

•         i)     To express the essential unity in Christ through Yeshua International throughout the world.

•         ii)     To secure the association of Ministers on the basis of their common Evangelical faith, each Member retaining liberty to fulfil his or her own distinctive Ministry, witness and mission.

•         iii)     To foster their continued fellowship in prayer, worship and work, to co-ordinate their common aims, activities and resources for the evangelisation of the people and the extension of Christ's Kingdom in every sphere of life.

•         iv)     To maintain the spiritual testimony of Yeshua International, to uphold full religious liberty and to take action when authorised to do so by the Trustees after taking advice from the Board of Ministry, and the appointed Bishops, Archbishops or Cardinals, in matters affecting the responsibilities and rights of Members of Yeshua International.

•         v)     To promote fellowship and united action where possible with all Members of Yeshua International throughout the world.

• 6.     Doctrinal Statement

•     This Declaratory Statement of Common Faith and Practice was adopted on March 2002 as a doctrinal statement, is as follows:-

•         i)     Yeshua International throughout the world, claim and cherish their place as inheritors, along with others, of the historic faith of Christendom, which found expression in the ecumenical creeds of the early and undivided Church: and this Declaratory Statement does not profess to be a comprehensive creed, but is a declaration of such truths as in the circumstances, it seems proper to rehearse and emphasise.

•         ii)     It is an essential element in any proposals for Membership that each prospective Member should accept this Constitution Statement as a disciplinary standard on any Member or prospective Member, that they agree with the Declaration of "Faith and Beliefs" as listed on the Website.

•         iii)     There is One Living and True God, Who is revealed to us as Father Son and Holy Spirit: Him alone we worship and adore.

•         iv)     We believe that God so loved the world as to give His Son to be the Revealer of the Father and the Redeemer of humanity: that the Son of God, for us and for our Salvation, became man in Jesus Christ, Who, having lived on earth the perfect human life, died for our sins, rose again from the dead, and now is exalted Lord over all: and that the Holy Spirit, Who witnesses to us of Christ, makes the Salvation which is in Him to be effective in our hearts and lives-

•         v)     We acknowledge that all are sinful and unable to deliver themselves from either guilt or power of their sin: but we have received and rejoice in the Gospel of the grace of the Holy God, wherein all who truly turn from sin are freely forgiven through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and are called and enabled, through the Spirit dwelling and working within them, to live in fellowship with God and for His service: and in this new life, which is to be nurtured by the right use of the means of grace, we are to grow daily dying unto sin and living unto Him Who in His mercy has redeemed us.

•         vi)    Yeshua International acknowledges the Statement of Faith and Belief as listed on the Website as part of this Constitution.

• 7.     The Catholic or Universal Church

•         i)     We believe that the Catholic or Universal Church is the whole company of the redeemed in Heaven and on earth, and we recognise as belonging to this holy fellowship all who are united to God through faith in Christ.

•         ii)     The Church on earth - which is one through the Apostolic Gospel and through the loving union of all its true members with its one Head, even Christ, and which is Holy through the indwelling Holy Spirit Who sanctifies the Body and its Members - is Ordained to be the visible Body of Christ, to worship God through Him, to promote the fellowship of His people, and the ends of His Kingdom, and to go into all the world and proclaim His Gospel for the Salvation and unity of all. Of this visible Church, and every branch thereof the only Head is the Lord Jesus Christ; and in its faith, order, discipline and duty it must be free to obey Him alone as it interprets His Holy will.

•         iii)     We receive, as given by the Lord to His Church on earth, the Holy Scriptures, the Sacraments of the Gospel, and the Christian Ministry.

•         iv)     The Scriptures, delivered through those moved by the Holy Spirit, record and interpret the revelation of redemption, and contain the sure Word of God concerning our Salvation and all things necessary thereto. Of this we are convinced by the witness of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of men and women to and with the Word; and this Spirit, thus speaking from the Scriptures to believers and to the Church, is the supreme Authority by which all opinions in religion are finally to be judged.

•         v)     The Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, are instituted by Christ. Who is Himself certainly and really present in His own ordinances (though not bodily in the elements thereof), and are signs and seals of His Gospel not to be separated therefrom. They confirm the promises and gifts of salvation and, when rightly used by believers with faith and prayer are, through the operation of the Holy Spirit, true means of grace.

•         vi)     The Ministry is an office within the Church, not a sacerdotal order, instituted for the preaching of the Word, the Ministration of the Sacraments and the Care of Souls. It is a vocation from God, upon which therefore no one is qualified to enter save through the call of the Holy Spirit in the heart: and this inward call is to be authenticated by the call of the Church, which is followed by Ordination to the work of the Ministry in the Church. While thus maintaining the Ministry as an office, we do not limit the Ministers of the New Testament to those who are Ordained, but affirm the priesthood of all believers and the obligation resting upon them to fulfil their vocation according to the gift bestowed upon them by the Holy Spirit.

• 8.     Sovereign Authority

•         i)     We affirm the sovereign authority of our Lord Jesus Christ over every department of human life, and we hold that individuals and peoples are responsible to Him in their several spheres and are bound to render Him obedience and seek always the furtherance of His Kingdom upon earth, not Him, to promote the fellowship of His people, and the ends of His Kingdom, and to go into all the world and proclaim His Gospel for the salvation and unity of all. Of this visible Church, and every Member thereof the only Head is the Lord Jesus Christ; and in its faith, order, discipline and duty it must be free to obey Him alone as it interprets His Holy will.

• 9.     The Trustees Meeting and The Board of Ministry Meeting

•         The Trustees Meeting and The Board of Ministry Meeting shall conduct business on behalf of the Members through a body hereinafter called "The Trustees Meeting and The Board of Ministry Meeting", which shall be constituted in such a manner as to represent authoritatively the opinion and policy of the Members of Yeshua International. The Trustees Meeting and The Board of Ministry Meeting shall be constituted as follows:-

•         i)     The Trustees shall meet at least twice each year to receive recommendations from the Board of Ministry and to conduct business on behalf of the Members of Yeshua International.

•         ii)     The Trustees shall appoint Members of Yeshua International to The Board of Ministry to advise the Trustees in accordance with principles and methods determined by the Trustees from time to time and embodied in the By-laws. The Board of Ministry so appointed shall be responsible for ascertaining and representing the opinions and judgements of the Members of Yeshua International on all matters concerning every aspect of Yeshua International.

•         iii)     Trustees

•         These are folk who have financial responsibility for Yeshua International and are responsible for its financial continuation. Trustees may be appointed with the full approval of the present trustees and provided they make a substantial financial contribution to the funds of Yeshua International. The financial contribution of new Trustees may be amended by the Trustees from time to time. The Trustees will ensure that there are always sufficient funds to maintain an efficient Ministry Operation of Yeshua International. Trustees do not receive any remuneration for their time and efforts but they are entitled to re-imbursement for any expenses incurred in the running of Yeshua International.

•         iv)    Officers

•                 The Trustees of Yeshua International

•                 The Officers of Yeshua International as listed in 2c)

•                 The Trustees may co-opt on to the Board of Ministry, specialists who may not be Members of Yeshua International but not exceeding in number more than one quarter of the total number on the Board of Ministry. Co-opted Members of the Board of Ministry may join debates and discussions but will have no voting rights in the event of a vote.

• 10.     Bylaws

•         The Trustees may from time to time make or amend Bylaws for the proper conduct of its affairs and for the regulation of the work of its Officers, but no such Bylaws shall be inconsistent with the general provisions of this constitution.

• 11.     Amendment To The Constitution

•         This Constitution can only be amended by the approval of all the Trustees present at the Trustees Meeting. Proposals for amendments must be put in writing to the Secretary of Yeshua International two weeks prior to the Trustees Meeting.  The Constitution of Yeshua International was last amended at a meeting of the Trustees in March 2003.

• 12.     Observers

•         The Trustees Meeting and The Board of Ministry Meeting may invite observers to attend their meetings. Such observers may join in discussions and debates but will have no voting rights in the event of a vote.