458.421 Christian Reformed church; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body corporate. Sec. 1. That the minister or ministers, elders, and deacons, and if during any time there shall be no minister, then the elders and deacons during such time of […]
458.422 Articles; contents. Sec. 2. The said articles shall contain: First. The name of the proposed corporation; Second. The city, village or township in which the same is located; Third. The fundamental principles of the proposed organization which shall in all cases be in conformity to the faith and constitution or form of government as […]
458.423 Officers; membership qualification; vacation or vacancy, effect. Sec. 3. Any person elected to the office of pastor, elder or deacon according to the constitution and usages of the Christian Reformed churches of America in any particular church, and the pastor, if there be one, shall become and be a member of the corporation of […]
458.424 Powers of trustees. Sec. 4. Such trustees may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and shall take into their possession and custody all the temporalities of the church, and make rules and regulations for the management thereof, whether the same shall consist of real or personal estate, and whether the […]
458.425 Powers of trustees; powers of corporation; sale of land, investment of proceeds. Sec. 5. Such corporation may also in their own corporate name sue and be sued in all courts and places, and may in its corporate name recover and hold all debts, demands, rights and privileges, churches, buildings and parsonages and all the […]
458.426 Powers of trustees; limitations; terms of grant, donation or other conveyance, controlling. Sec. 6. Said trustees shall also have power and authority to bargain, sell, convey, mortgage, lease or release any real estate belonging to said church or held by them as such trustees, and to erect churches, parsonages, school houses and other buildings […]
458.427 Amendment of articles of association. Sec. 7. At any time after such corporation shall have been duly organized, it shall be lawful for such trustees, at any meeting thereof by a vote of 2/3 of the trustees to amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provision of this act: […]
458.428 Incorporation under act; procedure. Sec. 8. The minister, elders and deacons of any church of the Christian Reformed church of Michigan, the trustees of which have been incorporated under any law of this state, may elect to become incorporated and take corporate powers under this act: Provided, That the consent of 2/3 of all […]
458.429 Reincorporation under act; saving clause. Sec. 9. The trustees of every church organization that have heretofore been incorporated by virtue of the provisions of chapter 176 of volume 1 of Howell’s annotated statutes of the state of Michigan and amendments thereto providing for the incorporation of Holland Christian Reformed churches may become reincorporated under […]
