320 – Application of Article.
§ 320. Application of article. This article applies only to Methodist churches and to affiliated and subsidiary organizations.
321 – Change of Name of Churches and Affiliated and Subsidiary Organizations.
§ 321. Change of name of churches and affiliated and subsidiary organizations. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or of any general, special or local law, the three denominations formerly known as the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South having united into one under the name of […]
321-A – Use of Certain Names by Religious Corporations.
§ 321-a. Use of certain names by religious corporations. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or of any general, special or local law, the two denominations formerly known as The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church having united into one under the name of The United Methodist Church, all religious corporations or […]
322 – Meeting for Incorporation.
§ 322. Meeting for incorporation. 1. Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated United Methodist church shall be in writing and shall state in substance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at its usual place of worship at a specified day and hour, for the purpose of […]
323 – Certificate of Incorporation.
§ 323. Certificate of incorporation. The presiding officer of such a meeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat shall be appointed at such a meeting to execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate of incorporation which shall have been submitted to and approved by […]
324 – Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.
§ 324. Amendment of certificate of incorporation. It shall be lawful for any incorporated United Methodist church, by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a regularly called meeting of the corporation, to alter or amend its certificate of incorporation in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or […]
325 – Corporate Meetings.
§ 325. Corporate meetings. 1. The trustees of an incorporated United Methodist church shall be elected at the annual corporate meeting which shall be held at the time and place fixed by the by-laws, if such time and place be so fixed, and otherwise at a time and place to be fixed by its trustees. […]
326 – Changing Number of Trustees.
§ 326. Changing number of trustees. An incorporated United Methodist church may, at its annual corporate meeting where trustees are elected, by vote change the number of its trustees to three, six or nine by adding more trustees, one-third of which shall be elected for three years, one-third for two years and one-third for one […]
327 – Vacancies in Board of Trustees.
§ 327. Vacancies in board of trustees. If any trustee of such incorporated United Methodist church declines to act, resigns, dies, or has his trusteeship terminated by any other means, his office shall be vacant and the quarterly conference of the church in any regular or a special session may fill the vacancy until the […]
328 – Meetings of Trustees.
§ 328. Meetings of trustees. Meetings of the trustees of an incorporated United Methodist church may be held at stated intervals or may be called by giving at least twenty-four hours notice thereof personally or by mail to all trustees and such meeting may be called and such notice given by the pastor, the secretary […]
329 – Change of Date of Annual Corporate Meetings.
§ 329. Change of date of annual corporate meetings. An annual corporate meeting of an incorporated United Methodist church may change the date of its annual meeting thereafter. If such a date shall next thereafter occur less than six months after the annual meeting at which such change is made, the next annual meeting shall […]
330 – Powers and Duties of Trustees.
§ 330. Powers and duties of trustees. 1. The trustees of an incorporated United Methodist church shall have the custody and control of all the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation and of the revenues from such property, and shall administer the same in accordance with the discipline, rules and usages of The United […]
331 – Control of Trustees by Corporate Meetings.
§ 331. Control of trustees by corporate meetings. A corporate meeting of an incorporated United Methodist church, whose trustees are elective as such, may give directions, not inconsistent with law or with the discipline of The United Methodist Church, as to the manner in which any of the temporal affairs of the church shall be […]
332 – Conveyance of Property.
§ 332. Conveyance of property. The trustees of an incorporated United Methodist church may sell, mortgage, lease or convey church property by following the provisions of section twelve of article two of this chapter except that in no case shall trustees mortgage or encumber real estate on which a church or parsonage is located for […]
333 – Conveyance of Property for Church, School or Missionary Purposes.
§ 333. Conveyance of property for church, school or missionary purposes. Any church or society of The United Methodist Church created by or existing under the laws of the state of New York, having its principal office or place of worship in the state of New York, or whose place of worship was within the […]
334 – Bequests.
§ 334. Bequests. Any bequest of real or personal property to an unincorporated United Methodist church may be taken and held by the incorporated annual conference which has jurisdiction over said church and administered for the benefit of said church.
335 – Powers of Certain Existing Corporations to Conform Charter to Article.
§ 335. Powers of certain existing corporations to conform charter to article. A corporation heretofore created in this state by special act or under general law for purposes for which a corporation may be created under this article and other applicable provisions of this chapter, may, by the procedure herein provided, amend its charter or […]