Governance FAQ

Signing is a public declaration of support. It is not a legal contract, not a membership in Bloom Ministries, not a financial commitment, and it creates no legal obligations for you. Your email is never displayed and is used only to confirm the signature is real. You can request removal of your signature at any time by contacting us.

It depends which part. The Constitutional Core — the Preamble and Articles 1 through 9 — can only change through the public Amendment Process: proposal, 30 days of public comment, Editorial Review, and Steward ratification. Nobody edits it directly, including Bloom's founder. Standard content and Living Commentary change through a three-step path: any registered member suggests, an Accountability Reviewer issues a recommendation, and a Steward's approval is the single action that publishes. No role — including Bloom's founder — publishes anything unilaterally, and every published change is logged and revertible.

Accountability Reviewers are community members approved through a public application; they review suggestions and issue recommendations, which are advisory — a recommendation is not a publication. Stewards are Bloom Ministries' designated governance holders: every publish action, in every tier, is a Steward's approval, and Stewards also ratify amendments and approve Reviewer applications and organizational endorsements. The full roster is public on the Reviewers page.

No. Every change to any section creates a permanent, public revision record with a named author and an edit summary. Every ratified version of the Charter is preserved forever at its own permanent address. Any change to the Constitutional Core made outside the Amendment Process — by any account, including a Steward's — is void on discovery, reverted, and the reversion is logged publicly.

The seven commitments organizations make when they endorse: a published non-discrimination policy naming gender identity and disability, documented annual training, a monitored channel for reporting harm, transparency about how harm has been handled, written acknowledgment that upholding this may cost something, a presumption of good faith toward every person using an accommodation, and annual renewal. Endorsements lapse automatically without renewal, and lapsed status is shown publicly.

Every organizational endorsement goes through manual Steward review before listing. Claimed compliance is not verified compliance, and Bloom does not auto-list anyone.

No. It is a public declaration and a governance framework for its own text. It does not create legal rights or obligations, and it is not legal advice. It is stewarded by Bloom Ministries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 39-4922713).

Create a free account, open the Charter, and use "Suggest an edit" on any Article — for Constitutional Core sections this automatically enters the Amendment Process. (Living Commentary entries are excluded from amendments by design; suggest edits to them like any Standard section.) You'll need the exact text change and a rationale of at least 100 words. Track every proposal's status on the Amendments page.

Individual signers: name, optional location, and optional statement are displayed as you choose; email is never public. Organizational contacts are used for covenant renewal only. See the Privacy page for the full policy.