Sec. 1.
It shall be lawful for any number of persons of full age, not less than 5, who may desire to form themselves into a Congregational church, to adopt, 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, according to the faith and usages of the churches commonly called Congregational, under the name and style set forth in said articles, which 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. An agreement to worship and labor together as a church according to the faith and usages of the churches commonly called Congregational.
History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11016 ;-- CL 1929, 10950 ;-- CL 1948, 458.301
Last modified: October 10, 2016