Light Stream Ministry

Declaration of Charter/Bylaws of Light Stream Ministry

A Private Spiritual Church Ministerial Association

Formation Declaration

For the formation of:
Light Stream Ministry
Organization for Spiritual Transformation with Reliance upon our Faith in SOURCE
A SPIRITUAL CHURCH MINISTRY
EST: April 8, 2016

Charter/Bylaws and Declaration for a Spiritual Church Ministry

EXECUTED UNDER THE LAWS OF NATURE AND NATURE’S SOURCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIVERSAL CONTRACT LAW

Preamble

This Charter/Bylaws and Declaration of a Spiritual Church Ministry, founded as a Private Ministerial Association, henceforth known as Light Stream Ministry, is made this June 21, 2025 (Pending Confirmation), by Founding Trustees, Daniel Lawless and Jennifer Lawless, who shall be known as Trustees and Ministers of Light Stream Ministry.

1. Purpose

This association is created and organized to operate within the private domain as a Private Membership Association. The purposes for which it is organized are set forth in the Articles of Association, and in part are as follows:

To allow the Private Membership Association founders and all Private Membership Association members with a platform in which to conduct all manner of faith-based private business, ministry, education, and services or assistance with the Association and with other Associations and Association members, keeping all business in the private domain and utilizing the protections guaranteed by:

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Constitutions
The Charter of Rights

To conduct business in private, remaining outside of the jurisdiction of regulation imposed upon legal fictions by government entities and Public Law.

To provide a resource for members to seek, and access, all manner of education, information, services, advice, council, and support consistent with our religious and spiritual freedoms as guaranteed by:

The Constitution of The United States of America
The constitutions of the individual states of the union

To conduct all manner of ministry and any manner of business within the private domain as seen fit by the Association founders and Trustees.

The Spiritual Association/Church/Ministry defined by this Declaration is organized for worship, educational, spiritual freedom, faith and reliance upon SOURCE, and beneficent purposes, and is established under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Law of Light Stream Ministry, for furthering the uplifting and enlightenment of all people who voluntarily choose to associate with this ministry throughout the World and the betterment of life on planet Earth. Light Stream Ministry must always remain an unincorporated and Private Ministry dedicated to this purpose.

2. Appointment and Powers of Trustees and Members of the Board of Advisors

2.1 Founding Trustees Authority

Upon completion and adoption of these bylaws, the founding Ministry Co-Trustees, Daniel Lawless and Jennifer Lawless, shall serve thereafter as the Trustees of this Ministry, with authority over all affairs of the Ministry, both temporal and spiritual, provided for in these charters and the minutes of Light Stream Ministry.

2.1.1 Co-Chairpersons Powers

The Trustees designated as Co-Chairpersons shall retain all rights to unlimited contract on behalf of the Ministry and shall retain full authority to designate or delegate powers and duties to other Trustees or appointed ministers.

2.2 Advisory Board Establishment

The Co-Chairpersons may establish and appoint other members, who shall be known as “Advisors,” to an Advisory Board who may act in a manner to advise Trustees on any matter affecting the operation of the Ministry. The Ministry Advisory Board shall not have governing authority over the Ministry or the activities of the Ministry but shall serve in an advisory capacity. Co-founding Trustees serve as the stewards and possessors of title of the Ministry’s assets which shall be used for the purposes deemed beneficial to the Ministry at their sole discretion, with or without the advice of the Ministry Advisory Board.

2.3 Advisor Responsibilities

The Advisors must conserve and minister in accordance with the Tenets, Creed, and Principles of Light Stream Ministry and the principles of Higher Truth in accordance with the best of the Advisors’ abilities, exercising judgment and discretion in administering the Advisors’ duties in good faith strictly in conformity with the purpose, provisions, spirit, and intent hereof.

2.4 Board Composition and Removal

Upon a Board of Advisors being created by the Co-Chairpersons, the Advisors may not be less than two in number and may be increased by the Co-Chairpersons beyond two in number for any reason the Co-Chairpersons believe is beneficial for the Ministry. The appointed Advisors, together with those Trustees, for the purpose of filling future vacancies and appointing Successor Trustees, shall hold office and collectively minister affairs of Light Stream Ministry, a Spiritual Church Ministry;

PROVIDED, however, that an Advisor may resign, both with and without notice, and also may be removed from office by a Resolution of at least two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Trustees whenever in the opinion of said majority such offending Advisor shall have been deemed guilty of such acts that are repugnant to the tenets and precepts of this Ministry, and PROVIDED, further, that in the event of any vacancy, increase in number, death of an Advisor, removal from the Board, resignation, and the like, the remaining Advisors may recommend appointment of a successor (and all newly appointed Advisors) by the unanimous concurrence of the Advisors.

2.5 Investiture Process

The signing of an acknowledgment of acceptance of the office of the Board of Advisors by the Co-Chairpersons constitutes investiture as such.

2.6 Ministry Powers and Rights

Light Stream Ministry is created under powers and authority of the Covenant with the Creator that each peculiar member of Light Stream Ministry possesses.

Light Stream Ministry recognizes unalienable rights, not limited to but recognized as:

Property Rights: Acquiring and possessing, by donation, gift, bequest, devise, and purchase, and holding and maintaining, property—real, personal, and mixed—holding title absolute by conveyance, with right for granting, selling, conveying, renting, and otherwise disposing of said property as may be necessary for furthering the objectives of the Ministry, for the use and behoof of Light Stream Ministry forever, in unalloyed temporal and spiritual capacity.
Financial Powers: Exercising seigniorage; borrowing and lending money; giving promissory notes as well as other written obligation therefore by note, and securing the payment thereof by a lien, such as mortgage, upon hereditaments, both corporeal and incorporeal, real, personal, and mixed.
Commercial Authority: Buying, selling, leasing, mortgaging, and in every way dealing in land and chattels in the same manner that a natural man may, and without the order of any court.
Estate Management: Receiving bequests and devises for exclusive use of the Ministry in the same manner as a living, sentient man.
Legal Representation: Appointing, and being appointed as, an attorney in fact.
Contractual Freedom: Retaining unlimited power of Contract.
Legal Standing: Suing and being sued, pleading, and being pleaded, in tribunals of competent jurisdiction at the discretion of Ministry Trustees.
Official Authentication: Having and using a common seal by which all deeds and acts of the Ministry may be authenticated.
Divine Authority: Exercising any other just, lawful, and ethical rights and powers bestowed upon man by the Creator and as may be declared by authority of the Ministry, as established at any time in accordance with the Articles of Association and Charter/Bylaws of Light Stream Ministry.

2.7 Meetings and Quorum Requirements

The Trustees may provide for regular church/ministry meetings or activities at stated intervals without notice. Special meetings may be called at any time by any two or more Advisors upon three (3) days prior written notice mailed or delivered to the Trustees and Advisors. At all meetings, the presence of both Co-Chairpersons (Daniel Lawless and Jennifer Lawless) is required to constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. Decisions shall be made by a three-way vote between the Co-Chairpersons. In the event of a disagreement between the Co-Chairpersons, the matter shall be submitted to a third-party arbitrator selected by mutual agreement of the Co-Chairpersons, whose decision shall be binding.

2.8 Absolute Powers Declaration

The powers of the Trustees, any and all Ministry Committees and Tribunals, acting on behalf of the Light Stream Ministry/Church are absolute, exclusive, and unlimited in all matters in which the Ministry has authority to act, in accordance with the laws of nature and of nature’s Source and in concert with the ecclesiastical law as interpreted by the Ministry, and are broadly construed as general powers of both natural and artificial inhabitants of planet Earth, under the Laws of Source/Creator, which permit acting in any manner that does not cause others harm and does not impair, impede, or infringe upon the unalienable rights granted to another living man. All said powers may be delegated at the sole discretion of the Trustees.

2.9 Project Authorization

Resolutions of the Board of Trustees, or the Co-Chairpersons, authorizing the undertaking of a project constitutes evidence that such project is within the Board’s power.

2.10 Financial Discretion

No one providing the Ministry donations, loans, and payments shall require disclosure and accounting of the application made by the Trustees or Co-Chairpersons of whatever funds are received by the Ministry. All funds received by the Ministry shall be managed and used at the discretion of the Trustees, or their designee, with or without approval of the Advisors, as provided by this Declaration and recorded in the minutes of meeting of the Board of Trustees of Light Stream Ministry.

2.11 Security Requirements

All Advisors shall serve without posting any security, such as fidelity bonds.

2.12 Spiritual Guidance

The Advisors shall regard this instrument, sacred writings and works of wisdom from diverse sources, Prayer, and the Holy Spirit as their guide, which may be supplemented upon occasion by the By-laws, Regulations, and resolutions of the Board for the purpose of covering contingencies that may arise and which shall be recorded in the Minutes of this Ministry.

2.13 Compensation and Vow of Poverty

The Trustees may fix and pay reasonable compensation for any minister, contracted worker, agent, and the like, at the discretion of the Trustees, and the Board of Trustees may pay Trustees reasonable compensation for services performed or, at the discretion of any individual Trustees, may choose to opt for the Trustees, as ministers of the Ministry to accept an ecclesiastical “vow of poverty” in which case the Ministry shall become responsible for providing for all needs of that Trustee, as a minister of Light Stream Ministry, including but not limited to all physical and worldly needs and goods, housing, food, transportation, expenses, and recreation for the comfort and lifestyle maintenance of the Trustee/Minister. (Pending Confirmation of Compensation Preference)

2.14 Ministerial Ordination Authority

The Ministry, through the Trustees, with reliance upon the authority of the Creator and ecclesiastical law as interpreted by the ministry Trustees, shall retain all authority to appoint or ordain ministers for and of this Ministry and shall have sole authority to determine necessary qualifications or traits required of ministers and shall retain sole authority in determining levels of education and education/training requirements for any minister.

2.15 Trustee Liability Limitations

The Trustees and ministers shall, in their sole capacity as Trustees and ministers, have and assume only such liability as is defined by the founding documents of this Ministry and any amendments made to the founding documents in accordance with the ministry Bylaws. Any fiduciary liability shall neither jeopardize nor limit the individual performance of the parties. The Trustees shall be reimbursed and exonerated by this Ministry for any losses occasioned by the Trustees while serving as such, in the same extent as would non-interested persons.

2.16 Successor Trustee Appointments

The Trustees may, at any meeting, appoint additional Trustees, a Trustee At Large, or Successor Trustees to act on behalf of this Ministry in the event of the death, disability, or incapacity of a Co-Chairperson.

2.17 Advisor Authority Limitations

The Advisors shall have and possess only such authority as provided in these Bylaws.

2.18 Advisor Ordination Requirements

An Advisor may be ordained and commissioned by this Ministry at the discretion of the Co-Chairpersons. An Advisor must be a product of a deep-seated conviction with respect to Source and Nature and is fully committed to seek the Truth through Prayer, Meditation, the Holy Spirit, study of the Holy Bible, communing with Nature, and otherwise.

3. Charter of Light Stream Ministry

3.1 Private Entity Declaration

It is expressly declared that this Ministry, which is established in accordance with the laws of nature and nature’s Source, Ministry ecclesiastical law, the constitution(s) within any of the several states of the United States of America, is a private entity.

3.2 Terminology Clarification

The Ministry terminology used in this charter and its supporting documents is used solely for clarification of the various usages for Light Stream Ministry under universal contract law by and between free, spiritually autonomous, sentient beings whose lives and rights derive from Source Almighty The Creator, Nature, and the unique Covenant of each party with the Creator.

4. Name, Domicile, and Offices

The Co-Chairpersons and Co-Founding Trustees are collectively designated as the Board of Trustees for Light Stream Ministry, in which name the Co-Chairpersons and Co-Trustees may execute and convey personal property and any interest therein, sue and be sued with consent (see Section Seven), and conduct all said business of this Ministry. The principal domicile and place of ministry shall be exclusively determined by the Board of Trustees with subordinate locations as determined to be beneficial to the Ministry. (Pending Confirmation of Domicile)

5. Venue and Jurisdiction

Excepting chain of title on all land titles, all business, and affairs of the Light Stream Ministry Church remains exclusively within the jurisdiction of the laws of nature and Nature’s Source and ecclesiastical law as defined, interpreted, and adjudicated by the designated committees and Tribunals of Light Stream Ministry. Venue and jurisdiction are solely within Ecclesiastical Courts or Tribunals of Light Stream Ministry, and all hearings, proceedings, and trials must be recorded in the records of the Ecclesiastical Court/Tribunal of Light Stream Ministry. All other courts of any jurisdiction foreign to the Courts/Tribunals of Light Stream Ministry lack personal or subject matter jurisdiction to hear or decide any matter of Ecclesiastical Law of Light Stream Ministry.

Biblical Authority

The eternal Covenant of the Undersigned with the Creator remains paramount in all matters. As it is written:

“… we ought to obey God rather than man”, Acts 5:29; and “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”, Matt. 6:24.

Ecclesiastical Emissary Status

With the intent of living in peace with all people and living beings in the Kingdom of Source, each Trustee and each minister is established as an Ecclesiastical Emissary with neutral, non-engaged, status, and is not involved in any manner with any disputes, conflicts, wars, and declarations of war powers involving any other parties.

Trustee Authority

By the authority of the laws of nature and between each Trustee of Light Stream Ministry and members, all Trustees possess such absolute rights and powers as authority for:

Natural Sacraments: Utilizing freely the dominion given to man over the animals of the earth and without interference or sanction from any source, all-natural substances as sacraments, for health, healing, and other purposes in accordance with our faith placed in nature and Nature’s Source.
Documentation Authority: Issuing for all Members of Light Stream Ministry any permits, licenses, certificates of membership, certificates of ordination, diplomas, certificates of training, or other documents deemed beneficial to Trustees, Ministers, or other members of the Private Ministerial Association within the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical law.
Sanctuary Protection: Creating, preserving, maintaining inviolate, and providing full and unalloyed protection and immunity of every kind whatsoever for all who seek spiritual sanctuary within, and abide on the soil of, any land, buildings, and dwellings of Light Stream Ministry, under the exclusive venue and jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Law of Light Stream Ministry. Said protection and immunity secures inviolate all rights regarding privacy, security, and safety of the person, possessions, papers, and effects of guests and all household dwellers against intrusion of any kind from any source.

6. Authority and Capacity

Divine Covenant Authority

Authority for establishing Light Stream Ministry derives exclusively from the absolute, inherent, unalienable right of the Undersigned Trustees, and of each individual Member of the unincorporated spiritual society, Light Stream Ministry, in and through the Life, Being, Conscience, and Consciousness of the Undersigned and each Member of Light Stream Ministry, for recognizing and proclaiming the existence of the eternal Covenant with the immortal, uncreated Source of Life of the Undersigned and of each Member of Light Stream Ministry, concerning which Covenant all Members of Light Stream Ministry owe unalienable allegiance and are bound by conviction, creed, and commitment.

Covenant Inviolability

No Member of Light Stream Ministry may under any circumstances, nor for any reason, abrogate the terms of said binding, absolute, inviolable Covenant. Neither do any other parties, beings, entities, governments, corporations sole, corporations aggregate, nor any legal persons of any kind whatsoever, possess ethical and lawful authority for interfering in the relationship between any Member of Light Stream Ministry and Source Almighty that is signified by this Declaration, in accord with the prohibition against impairing the obligation of Light Stream Ministry.

Spiritual Autonomy Recognition

The Undersigned and each Member of Light Stream Ministry recognize that every man and woman is a spiritually autonomous unit of free will, sovereignty, self-responsibility, and self-government, and in such capacity may live in accordance with any covenant that such autonomous beings proclaim as established with any party, being, entity, government, legal person, and the like.

Eternal Authority

The sovereign authority SOURCE and capacity of the Undersigned and each Member of Light Stream Ministry for affirming the existence and establishment of this Ministry is eternally in full force and effect, i.e., “nunc pro tunc” before the foundation of the world.

Covenant Immutability

Said Covenant is inviolate and must not be abrogated in any manner by anyone, such as based on unilateral action, presumption, consensus, decree, and the like, any more than the eternal and immutable laws of existence can be invalidated by man.

As it is written: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3.

7. Non-Liability of Members of the Board of Trustees

The Members of the Board of Trustees may not under any circumstances be held liable for liabilities of this Ministry excepting any liability defined within the Bylaws. All people and persons dealing with this Ministry may address only funds and assets of Light Stream Ministry for the payment of any claim, debt, judgment, obligation, as well as of any “money,” that may become due and payable in any way regarding Light Stream Ministry. All actions, claims, and suits MUST be adjudicated in the Tribunals of Light Stream Ministry as set forth in this Declaration.

8. Assets

All hereditaments and possessions of Light Stream Ministry are the property of Source Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and are held in trust and stewardship by the Trustees for the perpetual use, purpose, benefit, behest, and behoof of the peculiar Membership of this unincorporated Private Ministerial Association. If at some time there is no individual Members of Light Stream Ministry holding the Offices of Trustee, all assets are re-vested with the unincorporated Light Stream Ministry and to be held until appointment of successor trustees has been made in accordance with Association Bylaws.

9. Distributions

9.1 Reserve Funds

The Board of Trustees may set aside any net, non-taxable increase accruing in favor of this Ministry in amounts that the Board, in the Board’s sole discretion, deems appropriate for retaining reserves and additional assets of this Ministry.

9.2 Global Ministry Scope

Since this Ministry is world-wide in scope, the Board may set aside such funds for providing spiritual freedom and humanitarian benefit as the Board may decide.

10. Execution

The Co-Chairpersons and Co-Founding Trustees, and their specific designee(s) possess exclusive authority for executing all documents and instruments, such as contracts, conveyances, deeds, quitclaims, assignments, assignment of any part of the title on assets and property of this Ministry.

11. Succession

By execution of this charter and Bylaws the undersigned Trustees and Managing Co-Chairpersons, and every Successor in Office by the same Title, do hereby create and establish a body politic and a Ministry whose faith and reliance are in Nature and Nature’s Source, with continuous perpetual succession.

In accordance with the disciplines of this Private Ministry, Light Stream Ministry, any vacancy occurring in the administration of Light Stream Ministry must be filled in accordance with the Ministry/Private Ministerial Association Bylaws.

12. Acting as Guarantor

The Trustees, Co-Chairpersons, or specified designee, at the discretion of the Trustees, may upon occasion pledge the assets of the Ministry as Guarantor for any person, company, and other legal entity.

13. Notice of Limited Liability

Notice is hereby given that all people, persons, and entities who extend this Ministry credit, contracting with Light Stream Ministry, as well as having claims against this Ministry, may regard only the property and other assets of this Ministry for payment and for settlement of any claims, debts, judgment (decree), award, and other obligation that may become payable thereunder. The Trustees, Ministers, and other members are not personally liable when dealing with any business matters of this Ministry.

14. Covenants

Light Stream Ministry, a Private Ministerial Association, establishes for this Ministry a Covenant of Silence. This Covenant of Silence is between the Holder of Office and the individual Members dealing in any secular and spiritual relationship, document, and matter involved in the relationship between the parties, which is considered private and consecrated. The Trustees, Ministers, and Members are required to affirm acceptance and to observe this covenant and keep all private matters private until death.

15. Termination

Upon the termination of this Ministry for any cause, the Board of Trustees may liquidate the estate of the Ministry, if deemed preferable, by disposing of its properties and assets for such amounts and upon such terms as the Board deems prudent. After discharging all proper lawful obligations of this Ministry, the Board shall distribute in favor of other unincorporated Spiritual Ministries—with goals compatible with the principles and purposes of Light Stream Ministry—the proceeds and remaining assets in any currency the Board deems appropriate. For these purposes, the Trustees shall continue acting until such duties have been fully performed, whereupon this Ministry shall be finally closed.

16. Interpretation, Disputes and Claims

16.1 Construction Authority

Regarding any question concerning interpretation and construction of this charter and Declaration of Ministry, including all supporting documents, the Board retains exclusive authority for construing this instrument in accordance with its good-faith construction and retains all right to alter or amend these charter/bylaws by implementation of the minutes of board meeting. Said construction, as stated in the Minutes, shall be final, conclusive, and binding on this Ministry, as well as all other people, persons, and entities excepting only obligations of contract then in place.

16.2 Private Ministry Governance

This Charter creates a PRIVATE Ministerial Association and Ministry. All interpretations shall be under the Laws of Source as interpreted and adjudicated by the Tribunals of Light Stream Ministry. For Guidance, all concerned parties, including dispute resolution committees, arbitration tribunals, and courts with jurisdiction granted, may consult appropriate court rulings concerning integrated auxiliaries of a Ministry of this type.

17. Savings Clause

If any provision of this Declaration is deemed invalid by competent authority for any reason under circumstances, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless stand and remain in full force and effect.

Signatures

Founding Trustee Signature: ___________
Daniel Lawless
Dated: April 8, 2016

Founding Trustee Signature: ___________
Jennifer Lawless
Dated: April 8, 2016

Ministry Seal: To be designed (Pending Confirmation)
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This document constitutes the complete Charter/Bylaws for Light Stream Ministry, A Private Spiritual Church Ministerial Association.