458.521 Applicability of act. Sec. 1. This act shall be applicable to the corporation heretofore incorporated under any general or special act as a Mennonite Brethren in Christ church, and to churches hereafter incorporated under this act as United Missionary churches. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
458.522 United Missionary churches; incorporation; change of name in articles. Sec. 2. The articles of association of every ecclesiastical corporation heretofore incorporated under any general or special act of this state as a Mennonite Brethren in Christ church in the name of which the words “Mennonite Brethren in Christ” appear are hereby amended by deleting […]
458.523 United Missionary churches; organization, number of persons. Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for any number of persons not less than 5, of full age, with the consent of the district superintendent of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of a United Missionary […]
458.524 United Missionary churches; articles of association, certificate. Sec. 4. The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any persons authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and uses of the […]
458.525 United Missionary churches; contents and form of articles. Sec. 5. Said articles of association shall contain the following items: First. The name of said church. Second. The township, village or city, and the county in which it shall be located. Third. An agreement to worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and […]
458.526 United Missionary churches; triplicate articles, delivery to corporation and securities commission; fees; filing. Sec. 6. Triplicate originals of the articles shall be delivered to the Michigan corporation and securities commission. If the commission finds that the articles conform to the law, it shall, when all fees and charges have been paid as required by […]
458.527 United Missionary churches; government and policy. Sec. 7. Said church, when so organized, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, usages and ministerial appointments of the United Missionary church, as from time to time authorized by the general conference of said church, and the annual conference […]
458.528 United Missionary churches; board of trustees. Sec. 8. The secular affairs of said church shall be managed by a board of trustees elected and organized according to the provisions of the book of discipline of the United Missionary church, who shall hold their office until their successors are elected and accept their trust unless […]
458.529 United Missionary churches; seal; powers; conveyance of property; discipline; administration of sacraments. Sec. 9. Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. It may, in its corporate name, sue and be sued in all courts of this state. It shall have power to acquire, hold, sell, move and convey property, […]
458.530 United Missionary churches; powers of trustees. Sec. 10. The trustees shall have power, according to the terms and limitations of the discipline of the United Missionary church, as from time to time authorized and declared by the annual conference of said church, to purchase, build, repair, lease, rent, mortgage or encumber its property: Provided, […]
458.531 United Missionary churches; sale of real estate, authorization; proceeds. Sec. 11. Whenever it shall become necessary for the payment of debts or with a view of reinvestment, to make a sale of any real estate belonging to said church, the local conference of said church may, by a vote of a majority of all […]
458.532 United Missionary churches; abandonment of property; license to sell. Sec. 12. In all cases where property belonging to any church society incorporated under the provisions of this act has been abandoned or is no longer used for the purpose for which said property was acquired or for the benefit of said church society, and […]
458.533 United Missionary churches; amending articles, acknowledgment, certificate, recording. Sec. 13. It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the local conference of said church, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, […]
458.534 United Missionary churches; suits or proceedings. Sec. 14. In all proceedings or suits that may arise, or be brought in any of the courts of this state, touching or in any way concerning churches that may be incorporated under this act, all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith shall be interpreted and […]
458.535 United Missionary churches; execution of obligations or contracts by acting trustees, validity. Sec. 15. It is further provided, that the execution by the acting trustees of said corporation, in proper form, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond or other obligation or contract of said corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the proper appointment […]
458.536 Act repealed; rights saved. Sec. 16. Act No. 225 of the Public Acts of 1899, being sections 458.501 to 458.514, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is hereby repealed: Provided, however, That notwithstanding the repeal thereof, all rights of every kind and nature now held or enjoyed under and by virtue thereof, and […]
