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MI Comp L § 458.427 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.427 - Amendment of Articles of Association.

458.427 Amendment of articles of association. Sec. 7.  At any time after such corporation shall have been duly organized, it shall be lawful for such trustees, at any meeting thereof by a vote of 2/3 of the trustees to amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provision of this act: Provided, That before such amendments shall be operative a vote in favor thereof, of at least 2/3 of the members of such church organization, present and entitled to vote shall be obtained by such trustees at a meeting of the members of said church specially called for that purpose, and of which notice has first been given as provided in section 6 of this act, and after such vote of said church organization in favor of such amendment, then a copy thereof shall be filed in accordance with the provision of section 1 of this act. Such copies of the amended articles of association shall be certified by the chairman and secretary of such meeting. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11036 ;-- CL 1929, 10980 ;-- CL 1948, 458.427 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 82, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 458.428 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.428 - Incorporation Under Act; Procedure.

458.428 Incorporation under act; procedure. Sec. 8.  The minister, elders and deacons of any church of the Christian Reformed church of Michigan, the trustees of which have been incorporated under any law of this state, may elect to become incorporated and take corporate powers under this act: Provided, That the consent of 2/3 of all the members of such church organization present at a public meeting must first be obtained therefor, of which meeting due notice of the time, place and object thereof, shall be given in manner prescribed in the act under which such corporation is organized or incorporated, or in accordance with notice of meeting given in section 6 of this act; if such consent shall be obtained, a certificate shall be executed and acknowledged by the presiding officer and secretary of such meeting, and shall be filed in accordance with section 1 of this act; and on compliance with the provisions of this act providing for the reincorporation of such church congregation or society, all the property, powers, duties, trusts and obligations of every kind possessed or pertaining to the original corporation shall be transferred to and become vested in the minister, elders and deacons of such church organization as trustees of such church and as a corporation organized for the same church under this act. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11037 ;-- CL 1929, 10981 ;-- CL 1948, 458.428
MI Comp L § 458.429 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.429 - Reincorporation Under Act; Saving Clause.

458.429 Reincorporation under act; saving clause. Sec. 9.  The trustees of every church organization that have heretofore been incorporated by virtue of the provisions of chapter 176 of volume 1 of Howell's annotated statutes of the state of Michigan and amendments thereto providing for the incorporation of Holland Christian Reformed churches may become reincorporated under the provisions of this act: Provided, That a vote of not less than a majority of the members of any such church or congregation present, and entitled to vote at any meeting of such church organization, duly and specially called for that purpose, by notice given 2 successive Sabbaths at the usual place of meeting, next preceding such meeting, shall have been obtained therefor, if such church organization shall by a majority vote of the members thereof present at said meeting and entitled to vote, elect to become reincorporated under this act, a certificate thereof shall be executed and acknowledged by the presiding officer and secretary of such meeting, and be filed in accordance with the requirements of section 1 of this act whereupon the trustees of such reincorporated church or congregation shall become a corporation and be governed by the provisions of this act the same as if they had originally incorporated thereunder, and all such corporations reincorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act shall succeed to and be vested with all the property, real and personal, moneys, credits, and effects, and all the records, files, books and papers belonging to such corporation as formerly incorporated, and no rights or liabilities, either in favor or against such former corporation existing at the time of this reincorporation under the provisions of this act, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be in any manner affected by such change, but the same shall stand or progress as if no such change had been made, and all debts and liabilities of the former corporation shall be deemed debts and liabilities of the new corporation, and all the officers of any such corporation elected or appointed under the provisions of the former act of incorporation, and in office at the time of such reincorporation under this act, shall continue to exercise the functions under the provisions of this act of reincorporation for the full term which they were elected or appointed and until their successors shall have qualified and entered upon the duties of their offices. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11038 ;-- CL 1929, 10982 ;-- CL 1948, 458.429 Compiler's Notes: Chapter 176, referred to in this section, consisted of Act 69 of 1881, which was repealed by Act 209 of 1897. The latter was subsequently repealed by Act 84 of 1921.
MI Comp L § 458.451 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.451 - Evangelical Church; Incorporators.

458.451 Evangelical church; incorporators. Sec. 1.  It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Evangelical association of full age, not less than 5, to organize and secure the incorporation of a church according to the usage of the Evangelical association, under the provisions hereof. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10962 ;-- CL 1929, 10983 ;-- CL 1948, 458.451
MI Comp L § 458.452 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.452 - Articles; Execution; Certificate of Consent.

458.452 Articles; execution; certificate of consent. Sec. 2.  The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of incorporation, in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church which shall be governed by the discipline, rules, usages and ministerial appointments of the Evangelical association. To such articles of incorporation the pastor in charge shall attach a certificate assuring his consent. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10963 ;-- CL 1929, 10984 ;-- CL 1948, 458.452
MI Comp L § 458.453 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.453 - Articles; Contents.

458.453 Articles; contents. Sec. 3.  Said articles of incorporation shall contain the following items:  First. The name of the church and the town, village or city and the county and state where located.  Second. An agreement to incorporate in the interests of religion and the spread of scriptural holiness, according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Evangelical association.  Third. The number of trustees, not less than 3, who shall have charge of the affairs of said church, and the time of the annual meeting thereof.  Fourth. The time for which said corporation shall be created. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10964 ;-- CL 1929, 10985 ;-- CL 1948, 458.453
MI Comp L § 458.454 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.454 - Articles of Incorporation; Execution in Duplicate; Filing Articles and Certificate; Body Politic or Corporation; Powers, Rights, and Privileges.

458.454 Articles of incorporation; execution in duplicate; filing articles and certificate; body politic or corporation; powers, rights, and privileges. Sec. 4.  Such articles of incorporation shall be executed in duplicate. One copy shall be retained by such corporation, and 1 copy shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of incorporation and said certificate of the preacher in charge shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all that may thereafter become members of said church as shown by its records from time to time shall thereby become and thenceforth be a body politic or corporation by the name expressed in said articles of incorporation, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the law of this state. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10965 ;-- CL 1929, 10986 ;-- CL 1948, 458.454 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 444, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
MI Comp L § 458.455 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.455 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.

458.455 Church government; ecclesiastical polity. Sec. 5.  Said churches, when so incorporated, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, rules and usages of the Evangelical association as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and the annual conference in whose bounds such corporation is situated. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10966 ;-- CL 1929, 10987 ;-- CL 1948, 458.455
MI Comp L § 458.456 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.456 - Meetings.

458.456 Meetings. Sec. 6.  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 for the full exercise of the powers granted or reserved hereby. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10967 ;-- CL 1929, 10988 ;-- CL 1948, 458.456
MI Comp L § 458.457 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.457 - Powers of Corporation; Rights of Ministers, Presiding Elders and Bishops.

458.457 Powers of corporation; rights of ministers, presiding elders and bishops. Sec. 7.  Said church when so organized shall have all the rights, privileges and immunities appertaining to such religious corporations. It may sue and be sued; it may take and hold property both real and personal as may be necessary for the proper execution of the purpose for which it was incorporated; it may hold so much land as may be necessary for the proper purposes of said church and parsonage; it may sell, mortgage or lease real estate, when so directed by a majority of the members thereof in regular meeting. Said corporation shall at all times permit such ministers belonging to the Evangelical association as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the general conference or the annual conference within whose bounds such corporation is situated, to preach and expound God's word; and shall permit duly appointed pastors, presiding elders and bishops to perform the functions incident to their offices in accordance with the discipline and usages of the Evangelical association. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10968 ;-- CL 1929, 10989 ;-- CL 1948, 458.457
MI Comp L § 458.458 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.458 - Articles of Incorporation; Alteration or Amendment; Execution and Filing.

458.458 Articles of incorporation; alteration or amendment; execution and filing. Sec. 8.  It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a majority of the members of said church, to alter or amend its articles of incorporation in any manner not inconsistent with this act, and such alteration or amendment shall become operative when a majority of the members of said church of full age shall execute amended articles, and said amended articles shall have been executed in the manner provided for in section 3 of this act, and shall have been filed as stated in section 4 of this act. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10969 ;-- CL 1929, 10990 ;-- CL 1948, 458.458 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 444, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
MI Comp L § 458.459 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.459 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.

458.459 Reincorporation under act; procedure. Sec. 9.  Any church of the Evangelical association heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate may place itself under the provisions of this act by a majority of the members of said church executing articles of incorporation according to section 3 of this act, and recording the same as provided for in section 4 of this act. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10970 ;-- CL 1929, 10991 ;-- CL 1948, 458.459
MI Comp L § 458.460 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)|Section 458.460 - Construction of Acts.

458.460 Construction of acts. Sec. 10.  In all proceedings 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, all other acts or parts of acts shall be so interpreted and construed as to give full force and effect to the provisions of this act, and to all the rights and privileges granted by this act to churches incorporated thereunder. History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10971 ;-- CL 1929, 10992 ;-- CL 1948, 458.460
MI Comp L § 458.521 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.521 - Applicability of Act.

458.521 Applicability of act. Sec. 1.  This act shall be applicable to the corporation heretofore incorporated under any general or special act as a Mennonite Brethren in Christ church, and to churches hereafter incorporated under this act as United Missionary churches. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.522 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.522 - United Missionary Churches; Incorporation; Change of Name in Articles.

458.522 United Missionary churches; incorporation; change of name in articles. Sec. 2.  The articles of association of every ecclesiastical corporation heretofore incorporated under any general or special act of this state as a Mennonite Brethren in Christ church in the name of which the words "Mennonite Brethren in Christ" appear are hereby amended by deleting from the name of each of such corporations the words "Mennonite Brethren in Christ" and substituting therefor the words "United Missionary". Such change of name of every such corporation shall become operative ipso facto upon the effective date of this act without the filing of any amendment to the articles of association of any such corporation. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.523 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.523 - United Missionary Churches; Organization, Number of Persons.

458.523 United Missionary churches; organization, number of persons. Sec. 3.  It shall be lawful for any number of persons not less than 5, of full age, with the consent of the district superintendent of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of a United Missionary church. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.524 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.524 - United Missionary Churches; Articles of Association, Certificate.

458.524 United Missionary churches; articles of association, certificate. Sec. 4.  The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any persons authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and uses of the United Missionary church. To such articles of association there shall be attached a certificate by the district superintendent of the district in which said church is to be located, that said church was organized by the consent of said district superintendent. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.526 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.526 - United Missionary Churches; Triplicate Articles, Delivery to Corporation and Securities Commission; Fees; Filing.

458.526 United Missionary churches; triplicate articles, delivery to corporation and securities commission; fees; filing. Sec. 6.  Triplicate originals of the articles shall be delivered to the Michigan corporation and securities commission. If the commission finds that the articles conform to the law, it shall, when all fees and charges have been paid as required by law, file 1 of the original articles in its office, forward 1 such original articles to the county clerk of the county in which such church is to be located for filing by such county clerk, and return 1 of such original articles to the incorporators. The commission and each of the county clerks receiving articles for filing shall each certify thereon and upon all amendments thereto the date when the same were filed in their respective offices. When such articles of association and certificate aforesaid shall be filed by the Michigan corporation and securities commission in its office the said persons so signing said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all who may thereafter become members of said church according to the discipline, rules and usages of the United Missionary church, shall thereupon become and thenceforth be a body politic or corporation, by the name expressed in said articles of association, with all the powers, rights and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.527 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.527 - United Missionary Churches; Government and Policy.

458.527 United Missionary churches; government and policy. Sec. 7.  Said church, when so organized, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, usages and ministerial appointments of the United Missionary church, as from time to time authorized by the general conference of said church, and the annual conference within whose bounds said corporation may be situated. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.528 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.528 - United Missionary Churches; Board of Trustees.

458.528 United Missionary churches; board of trustees. Sec. 8.  The secular affairs of said church shall be managed by a board of trustees elected and organized according to the provisions of the book of discipline of the United Missionary church, who shall hold their office until their successors are elected and accept their trust unless they previously forfeit their membership, in which case they shall also forfeit their office as a trustee. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.529 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.529 - United Missionary Churches; Seal; Powers; Conveyance of Property; Discipline; Administration of Sacraments.

458.529 United Missionary churches; seal; powers; conveyance of property; discipline; administration of sacraments. Sec. 9.  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 of this state. It shall have power to acquire, hold, sell, move and convey property, both real and personal, in accordance with this act, and it may recover and hold all the debts, demands, rights, privileges and all property, whether real or personal, of whatsoever sort it may be, belonging or appertaining to said church, in whatever manner the same may have been acquired, and in whose hands soever the same may be held, the same as if the right and title had originally been vested in said corporation. The board of trustees may authorize 1 or more of said board to affix the name and seal of said corporation, and to execute and attest conveyances, notes, obligations, acquittances, and all necessary legal documents. It may sell (but not mortgage) or otherwise dispose of its personal property, and it may, under restrictions hereinafter provided, sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber its real estate, but not for current expenses. It may hold so much land as may be needed for the proper purposes of the church and its parsonage. It may also hold, for a period not to exceed 10 years, real estate, which may be conveyed or devised to it or to said trustees to be sold and the proceeds to be used in any way for the benefit of said church, as directed in the conveyance or will. Said corporation shall at all times permit all ministers belonging to the United Missionary church as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the general conference, or the annual conference, within whose bounds the said corporation may be, to preach and expound God's Holy Word therein; and shall permit district superintendents and pastors, duly appointed, to execute the discipline of the United Missionary church, and to administer the sacraments therein. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 458.530 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)|Section 458.530 - United Missionary Churches; Powers of Trustees.

458.530 United Missionary churches; powers of trustees. Sec. 10.  The trustees shall have power, according to the terms and limitations of the discipline of the United Missionary church, as from time to time authorized and declared by the annual conference of said church, to purchase, build, repair, lease, rent, mortgage or encumber its property: Provided, That in case of selling or disposing of real estate, the consent of the annual conference be obtained. History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949