Simply transfer the purpose statements from the constitution or charter to the articles of incorporation. The next step defines the procedure of organizational operation. Some states require that bylaws be attached to the articles, while others do not. Whether there is an annual meeting. Indemnification of board members.
Indemnification can protect board members from personal liability while in office.
The initial bylaws are approved by the incorporators as well as the entire membership, if desired. Incorporated churches must govern themselves in accordance with their bylaws. Daniel Busby, a church management expert, says that inconsistency between a church's bylaws and the actual operation of the church is a serious problem. They weren't doing any of those things. So we went through the bylaws one by one, and the church hadn't followed the bylaws for decades.