Opinion ID: 1740683
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Text: Glad Tidings is a church in Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska. It is a district-affiliated church of the District Council, meaning it has fewer than 20 members. Glad Tidings, a Nebraska nonprofit corporation, owns property in its name, including real estate. Under Glad Tidings' constitution and bylaws, however, all of its property reverts to the District Council if it ceases to function as a church. In Nebraska, the District Council is the governing body for all Assemblies of God churches. It consists of 10 presbyters, nominated from 10 geographic sections throughout the state, and 3 elected officers: a superintendent, assistant superintendent, and a secretary-treasurer. The next level of governance for a district-affiliated church is the church's board of directors. Glad Tidings' Board consisted of the District Council superintendent, the geographic presbyter from Glad Tidings' section, and Glad Tidings' pastor. At all relevant times, Robert Nazarenus, the superintendent; Robert Wine, the presbyter; and Alex Brodine, the local pastor, made up Glad Tidings' Board. Wine also served as the pastor of New Life Assembly in Kearney, Nebraska (New Life), and Brodine served in a mentorship position at New Life. District-affiliated churches may also have an advisory board, which serves under the District Council and the church's board of directors. Glad Tidings previously had an advisory board consisting of three church members; however, two of the advisory board members resigned in July 2003. The church did not appoint anyone to replace them, and the board has since ceased to function.