Michigan Compiled Laws Act 94 Of 1899 Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)

AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of churches of the Evangelical association; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.

History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 444, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983

Section 458.451 Evangelical Church; Incorporators.
It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Evangelical association of full age, not less than 5, to organize and secure...
Section 458.452 Articles; Execution; Certificate Of Consent.
The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of incorporation, in...
Section 458.453 Articles; Contents.
Said articles of incorporation shall contain the following items: First. The name of the church and the town, village or city and the county...
Section 458.454 Articles Of Incorporation; Execution In Duplicate; Filing Articles And Certificate; Body Politic Or Corporation; Powers, Rights, And Privileges.
Such articles of incorporation shall be executed in duplicate. One copy shall be retained by such corporation, and 1 copy shall be filed with...
Section 458.455 Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
Said churches, when so incorporated, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, rules and usages of...
Section 458.456 Meetings.
Said church when so organized may provide by by-laws for such regular and special meetings of the members thereof as may be deemed essential...
Section 458.457 Powers Of Corporation; Rights Of Ministers, Presiding Elders And Bishops.
Said church when so organized shall have all the rights, privileges and immunities appertaining to such religious corporations. It may sue and be sued;...
Section 458.458 Articles Of Incorporation; Alteration Or Amendment; Execution And Filing.
It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a majority of the members of said church, to...
Section 458.459 Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.
Any church of the Evangelical association heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate may place...
Section 458.460 Construction Of Acts.
In all proceedings that may arise or be brought in any of the courts of this state touching or in any way concerning churches...

Last modified: October 10, 2016