458.81 Free Methodist church; incorporators. Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Free Methodist church, of full age, not less than 5, with the consent of the district elder of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of a […]
458.82 Articles of association and certificate of consent; execution. Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of […]
458.83 Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form. Sec. 3. 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 said church shall be located; third, the time for which corporation shall be created; fourth, an agreement to worship […]
458.84 Articles of association; execution; acknowledgment; retention of copy; filing articles and certificate of consent; body politic or corporation; name; powers, rights, and privileges. Sec. 4. Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies shall be […]
458.85 Church government; ecclesiastical polity. Sec. 5. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usages and ministerial appointments of the Free Methodist church of North America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and […]
458.86 Secular affairs, management; board of trustees, election, term, vacancies. Sec. 6. The secular affairs of such church shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of not less than 3 nor more than 9 members, to be elected by said corporation from the membership of the church, the said trustees to hold their […]
458.87 Powers of corporation; execution of legal documents; rights of ministers and district elders. Sec. 7. 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 and places; it shall have power to acquire, hold, sell and convey property, both […]
458.88 Amendment of articles; procedure. Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the official members of the society, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or the book of […]
458.89 Sale or mortgage of real estate to pay debts or for re-investment; title, passing to annual conference; license to sell; procedure. Sec. 9. When it shall become necessary for the payment of debts or with a view of re-investment, to make a sale or mortgage of any real estate belonging to said church, the […]
458.90 Reincorporation under act; procedure. Sec. 10. Any Free Methodist church heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may by a 2/3 vote of the members of the society, place itself under the provisions of this act, the same as if originally incorporated under it, by […]
458.91 Construction of inconsistent acts. Sec. 11. 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, or which by vote of the members of the society thereof may have placed themselves […]
458.92 Trustees; evidence of authority. Sec. 12. 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 of said trustees, and that the necessary steps […]
458.93 Extension of corporate existence; adoption and filing of resolution; term; property and contract rights; corporate identity. Sec. 13. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation, may extend its corporate existence from time to time for a term not exceeding 30 years, by causing […]
