How to decide where it goes
Congregations add new provisions to their constitutions all the time. One congregation wants to say something about conflicts of interests. Another wants to include provisions about their preschool. Others want to say something about whether or not they will allow same-gender marriage or whether guns and other weapons will be allowed on the premises. And the list goes on and on. Whether it's a constitutional provision, a bylaw, or a continuing resolution, how do you decide where to place the provision in your constitution?
Sometimes the congregation wants to say something about who it is. If this is the case, that belongs in Chapter 4.
Another simple question to ask is: Where does the power lay? Who's being granted power or who's power is being restricted? Who's in charge here? Alternatively, one might ask: Who's most directly responsible for this?
Note: This is often uncertainty between the powers of the congregation, the [senior] pastor, and the Congregation Council. Provisions in the related chapters, particularly *C5.03., *C9.03., C12.04., and C12.05., should be able to clear things up.
One place the Model often does not match congregational practice is in its divisions between the pastor and the Congregation Council. Some of the powers listed in Chapter 12. Congregation Council are often shared between these two entities, split along clear lines.
Example: C12.08. puts the Congregation Council in charge of both employment and supervision of the staff (including volunteers). However, many congregations put the pastor in charge of supervision of the staff (the Congregation Council remaining in supervision over the pastor), providing for appeals to the Congregation Council when conflicts arise. If that is how the congregation works, provisions in Chapter 9 and Chapter 12 should be added or adjusted to reflect that reality.
Committees serve under the Congregation Council with powers delegated to them from the Congregation Council. No committee can have a power that the Congregation Council does not have first.
Example: C12.04.d. puts the Congregation Council in charge of annual reviews. However, provisions in Chapter 13 might rightly delegate that power to a mutual ministry committee for called rostered leaders. Of course, the mutual ministry committees would then need to submit a report of their evaluations to the Congregation Council.