Title RCO, Religious Corporations

§ 28. Electronic meetings. Notwithstanding any provision of law,\ncertificate of incorporation or by-laws to the contrary, if the board of\ntrustees of a religious corporation is authorized to determine the place\nof trustee meetings, corporate meetings, congregant or membership…

§ 290. Application of article. 1. This article applies to all\nchurches, congregations, societies, parishes, committees and other local\norganizations governed by jurisdictions, bishoprics, dioceses, missions\nof any Orthodox Patriarchate, Synod or national church of the Orthodo…

§ 291. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated congregation,\nchurch, parish or society may apply to the appropriate hierarch, bishop\nor administrator for permission to incorporate under this article.\n When such permission or sanction for incorporation has been given,…

§ 292. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated parish, congregation,\nchurch, society or committee to which this article is applicable shall\nbe given as follows:\n 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall s…

§ 293. Provisions governing meetings for incorporation and resolutions\nto be adopted thereat. 1. At the meeting for incorporation, held in\npursuance of such notice, qualified voters shall be those qualified\nunder the by-laws of such unincorporated church, congregation, parish…

§ 294. Certificate of incorporation. 1. A certificate of\nincorporation for a church, society, or committee, to which this article\nis applicable shall be executed and acknowledged by the trustees who\nsign the resolution for incorporation.\n The said certificate of incorporatio…

§ 295. Government: powers and duties of trustees. 1. Every church,\nparish, congregation, society, or committee incorporated or\nre-incorporated, pursuant to this article, shall recognize and be and\nremain subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the duly appointed\nand can…

§ 296. Re-incorporation of existing corporations. Any heretofore\nincorporated church, congregation, parish, society, or committee, to\nwhich this article is applicable, may re-incorporate under the\nprovisions of this article by the same procedure hereinbefore set forth\nfor in…

§ 3. Filing and recording certificates of incorporation of religious\ncorporations. The certificate of incorporation of a religious\ncorporation shall be acknowledged or proved before an officer authorized\nto take the acknowledgment or proof of deeds or conveyances of real\nest…

§ 300. Application of article. This article shall apply only to\nSpiritualist churches in connection with the National Spiritualist\nAssociation.\n

§ 301. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated Spiritualist\nchurch may apply to the National Spiritualist Association for permission\nto incorporate under this article, which written permission granted by\nthe board of trustees of the National Spiritualist Association …

§ 302. Notice of meeting for incorporation. A notice of meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating an unincorporated Spiritualist church in\nconnection with the National Spiritualist Association shall be given as\nfollows:\n 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state in su…

§ 303. Incorporation meeting. 1. At the incorporation meeting, held in\npursuance of such notice, the qualified voters shall be all persons of\nlegal age who are in good and regular standing in such church in\naccordance with the rules and regulations of such church and who have…

§ 304. Certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation\nshall contain:\n 1. The name by which the proposed corporation shall be known.\n 2. The names and addresses of the officers and trustees elected at the\nincorporation meeting, together with the respective ter…

§ 305. Pastor. The pastor of the church shall be called, settled or\nremoved and his or her salary fixed, only by the vote of a majority of\nthe members of the corporation duly qualified to vote at elections\npresent and voting at a meeting of such corporation called for that\np…

§ 306. Re-incorporation. Any heretofore incorporated Spiritualist\nchurch in connection with the National Spiritualist Association, may\nre-incorporate under the provisions of this article by the same\nprocedure hereinbefore set forth for incorporation, substituting at the\nappr…

§ 320. Application of article. This article applies only to Methodist\nchurches and to affiliated and subsidiary organizations.\n

§ 321. Change of name of churches and affiliated and subsidiary\norganizations. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or of\nany general, special or local law, the three denominations formerly\nknown as the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church\…

§ 321-a. Use of certain names by religious corporations. 1.\nNotwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or of any general,\nspecial or local law, the two denominations formerly known as The\nMethodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church having\nunited into one …

§ 322. Meeting for incorporation. 1. Notice of a meeting for the\npurpose of incorporating an unincorporated United Methodist church shall\nbe in writing and shall state in substance, that a meeting of such\nunincorporated church will be held at its usual place of worship at a\n…

§ 323. Certificate of incorporation. The presiding officer of such a\nmeeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat shall\nbe appointed at such a meeting to execute and acknowledge, before any\nperson authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate …

§ 324. Amendment of certificate of incorporation. It shall be lawful\nfor any incorporated United Methodist church, by a two-thirds vote of\nthe members present and voting at a regularly called meeting of the\ncorporation, to alter or amend its certificate of incorporation in an…

§ 325. Corporate meetings. 1. The trustees of an incorporated United\nMethodist church shall be elected at the annual corporate meeting which\nshall be held at the time and place fixed by the by-laws, if such time\nand place be so fixed, and otherwise at a time and place to be f…

§ 326. Changing number of trustees. An incorporated United Methodist\nchurch may, at its annual corporate meeting where trustees are elected,\nby vote change the number of its trustees to three, six or nine by\nadding more trustees, one-third of which shall be elected for three\…

§ 327. Vacancies in board of trustees. If any trustee of such\nincorporated United Methodist church declines to act, resigns, dies, or\nhas his trusteeship terminated by any other means, his office shall be\nvacant and the quarterly conference of the church in any regular or a\n…

§ 328. Meetings of trustees. Meetings of the trustees of an\nincorporated United Methodist church may be held at stated intervals or\nmay be called by giving at least twenty-four hours notice thereof\npersonally or by mail to all trustees and such meeting may be called and\nsuch…

§ 329. Change of date of annual corporate meetings. An annual\ncorporate meeting of an incorporated United Methodist church may change\nthe date of its annual meeting thereafter. If such a date shall next\nthereafter occur less than six months after the annual meeting at which\n…

§ 330. Powers and duties of trustees. 1. The trustees of an\nincorporated United Methodist church shall have the custody and control\nof all the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation and\nof the revenues from such property, and shall administer the same in\nacc…

§ 331. Control of trustees by corporate meetings. A corporate meeting\nof an incorporated United Methodist church, whose trustees are elective\nas such, may give directions, not inconsistent with law or with the\ndiscipline of The United Methodist Church, as to the manner in whi…

§ 332. Conveyance of property. The trustees of an incorporated United\nMethodist church may sell, mortgage, lease or convey church property by\nfollowing the provisions of section twelve of article two of this\nchapter except that in no case shall trustees mortgage or encumber r…

§ 333. Conveyance of property for church, school or missionary\npurposes. Any church or society of The United Methodist Church created\nby or existing under the laws of the state of New York, having its\nprincipal office or place of worship in the state of New York, or whose\npl…

§ 334. Bequests. Any bequest of real or personal property to an\nunincorporated United Methodist church may be taken and held by the\nincorporated annual conference which has jurisdiction over said church\nand administered for the benefit of said church.\n

§ 335. Powers of certain existing corporations to conform charter to\narticle. A corporation heretofore created in this state by special act\nor under general law for purposes for which a corporation may be created\nunder this article and other applicable provisions of this chap…

§ 336. Definitions. 1. The "Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church\nin America," as that term is used anywhere in this article, refers to\nthe churches, cathedrals, chapels, congregations, societies, parishes,\ncommittees and other religious organizations of the Eastern Ortho…

§ 337. Application for incorporation. Any number of persons of full\nage, not less than ten, who are communicants in canonical standing\nwithin the Eastern Orthodox Church may associate themselves for the\npurpose of founding and continuing a congregation acknowledging,\nconform…

§ 338. Notice of a meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for\nthe purpose of incorporating a congregation, to which this article is\napplicable, shall be given as follows:\n 1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a\nmeeting of the members of…

§ 339. The meeting for incorporation. 1. At the meeting for\nincorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, the qualified voters,\nuntil otherwise decided as hereinafter provided, shall be all persons of\nfull age, who are then members in good and regular standing of such\ncon…

§ 340. Resolutions to be adopted at the meeting for incorporation. In\norder to incorporate under this article, the meeting shall adopt the\nfollowing resolution by a majority of its qualified voters, present and\nvoting, to wit:\n Whereas, this congregation was founded and esta…

§ 341. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If the meeting shall decide\nthat such congregation shall become an incorporated church of the\nByelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America, a certificate of\nincorporation therefor shall be executed and acknowledged by the\narchb…

§ 342. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any heretofore\nincorporated church, to which this article is applicable, may\nreincorporate under the provisions of this article by the same procedure\nhereinbefore set forth for incorporation substituting, at appropriate\nplaces…

§ 343. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall\nbe held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and\nplace be so fixed, then at a time and place to be first fixed by it…

§ 344. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications\nof voters. 1. At a corporate meeting of an incorporated church to which\nthis article is applicable, the following persons, and no others, shall\nbe qualified voters, to wit: All persons who are then members …

§ 345. Change of date of annual corporate meetings. An annual\ncorporate meeting of an incorporated church to which this article is\napplicable may, by a majority vote of the duly qualified voters at such\nmeeting, change the date of the annual meeting thereafter. If such date\n…

§ 346. Changing number of laymen trustees. An incorporated church to\nwhich this article is applicable may, at its annual corporate meeting\nwhere trustees are elected, by a majority vote of the duly qualified\nvoters at such meeting, change the number of its trustees by adding …

§ 347. The powers and duties of trustees. 1. The trustees of an\nincorporated church to which this article is applicable shall have the\ncustody and control of all the temporalities and property, real or\npersonal, belonging to the corporation and of all the revenues therefrom\n…

§ 348. Meetings of trustees. 1. Meetings of the trustees of an\nincorporated church to which this article is applicable may be held at\nstated intervals, or shall be called by the chairman of the board of\ntrustees on his own motion, or upon request of one of the clergymen\ntrus…

§ 349. Vacancies among layman trustees. If any layman trustee of an\nincorporated church to which this article is applicable declines to act,\nresigns or dies, or ceases to be a qualified voter at a corporate\nmeeting thereof, or has his trusteeship terminated by any other means…

§ 350. Pastoral relations. The election, calling, settlement,\ninstallation, dismissal, removal, translation, constituting or\ndissolving of the pastoral relation, or fixing or changing of the salary\nof a minister, or taking any action for or toward any such purpose, and\nthe c…

§ 351. Conveyance of property. Whenever it may become necessary or\nadvisable to mortgage or dispose of any church property, the trustees\nmay mortgage or sell and convey the same by first securing the authority\nof the society for such sale or mortgage and the approval of the\n…

§ 352. Property of extinct churches. The diocesan council of the\nByelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America may decide that a\nchurch in connection with it or over which it has ecclesiastical\njurisdiction, and to which this article is applicable, has become\nextinct,…