New York Religious Corporations Law Article 20 - ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCHES

• 420 - Application.
  1. This article applies to any unincorporated church, church school, seminary or other organization affiliated with the New York district of the Assemblies of God...
• 421 - Assemblies of God Schools; Seminaries and Agencies of Social Relief.
  1. Any church school, biblical seminary for the preparation of candidates for the ministry leading to ordination and the granting of credentials of ecclesiastical degrees...
• 422 - Approval for Incorporation.
  Any unincorporated church wishing to incorporate as an Assemblies of God church under this article shall first apply to the presbytery of the New York...
• 423 - Qualification of Voters.
  1. The following persons and no others shall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article, except as set forth in subdivision two of...
• 424 - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.
  Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing and...
• 425 - Meeting for Incorporation.
  1. At the meeting for incorporation held in pursuance of such notice, only qualified voters shall be eligible to vote. 2. The presence of a...
• 426 - Certificate of Incorporation.
  1. If at the meeting for incorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and...
• 427 - Reincorporation of Present Incorporated Churches.
  Any church heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of existing laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the county...
• 428 - Time; Place and Notice of Corporate Meetings.
  1. The annual corporate meeting of every incorporated church or body to which this article is applicable shall be held at the time and place...
• 429 - Corporate Meetings.
  1. Each church shall determine the requirements for a quorum in their by-laws. 2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall...
• 430 - Ownership of Property.
  1. The trustees of every such incorporated or reincorporated church shall have the custody and control of all the temporalities and property, real and personal,...
• 431 - Property of Extinct Assemblies of God Churches.
  1. All property, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any Assemblies of God church, incorporated or reincorporated or supervisory under...
• 432 - Church Council and Church Management.
  Any incorporated church or body to which this article applies shall have its affairs managed by a church council. Such council shall consist of the...
• 433 - Right of Self Government.
  Each church shall have the right of self government under Jesus Christ, its living head, and shall have the power to choose, call or dismiss...
• 434 - Right of Affiliation; Relationships Between Churches, District Corporations and the General Council of the Assemblies of God.
  Churches shall be deemed to be sovereign, autonomous, self governing and self determining bodies. The affiliation of each church with the general council of the...
• 435 - District Corporation.
  1. The present corporation acting within the territorial limits of New York, the New York district of the Assemblies of God, may reorganize by the...
• 436 - District Government.
  1. (a) There shall be a district council for the election of trustees, officers and for the general government as hereinafter set forth. The district...
• 437 - District Superintendent.
  The district superintendent shall by virtue of his office be designated the president and presiding officer of the district corporation. He shall exercise such powers...

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