§ 169. Limitation of powers of trustees. The trustees of any such incorporated church shall have no power to call, settle or remove a minister or to fix his salary, nor without the consent of a corporate meeting, to incur debts, beyond what is necessary for the administration of the temporal affairs of the church and for the care of the property of the corporation; or to fix or change the time, nature or order of the public or social worship of such church.
Limitation of powers of trustees
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169, under Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches.
N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169