Art. 2 Implementing Agreement between the Evangelical Church Councils of Schaffhausen and Thurgau concerning the Evangelical Parish of Burg bei Stein am Rhein
Art. 2 Implementation Agreement between the Evangelical Church Councils of Schaffhausen and Thurgau regarding the Evangelical Church Community of Burg near Stein am Rhein
1. Regarding the Relationship of the Church Community to the Thurgau Cantonal Church, the Following is Established
1. The results of the pastoral elections, which are to be conducted according to the Schaffhausen provisions for church elections, must be communicated to the Thurgau Evangelical Church Council by the church authority, accompanied by a copy of the election protocol. The Church Council of Thurgau will notify the Thurgau Cantonal Government of the election. Additionally, the church authority must inform the Thurgau Evangelical Church Council about the filling of the pastoral position.
2. The Church Council of the Canton of Thurgau must also be provided with one copy of the accounts of the church and benefice funds immediately after their approval by the Church Community of Burg, delivered by the church authority.
3. The pastor of Burg is required to send an annual report of pastoral activities to the Thurgau Church Council in accordance with the usual form, with special consideration of the Thurgau part of the church community.
4. The inspection reports regarding the pastor's conduct of duties, as specified in Article 32f of the Schaffhausen Church Organization, must be communicated to the Thurgau Church Council in a copy, as well as any decisions by the Church Council according to Article 32g regarding the suspension of the pastor.
5. The Schaffhausen part of the church community elects its delegation to the synod of the Schaffhausen Cantonal Church according to the Schaffhausen Church Organization, while the Thurgau part does so according to the Thurgau Organizational Law for the synod of the Thurgau Cantonal Church.
6. In the elections for the church council of the community, the individual localities within the church community are to be appropriately considered as before, and a duplicate of the protocols of these elections is to be submitted to the Church Council of the Canton of Thurgau.
7. Regarding the admission to confirmation classes, the conditions for the Thurgau part of the church community according to § 17 of the Thurgau Church Ordinance apply (must have reached the age of 16 by April 1st, two-year religious instruction, and a certificate of moral conduct).
8. Requests for dispensation for children from the Thurgau part must be resolved by the Thurgau Church Council after obtaining the opinion of the church authority. In cases of admission requests by children from other church communities, the pastor must consider the Thurgau Church Ordinance and practices (§ 22 of the Church Ordinance), as well as the deferment of confirmation due to inadequate knowledge or immoral conduct (§ 18 and § 14 of the Church Ordinance).