N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 169: Limitation of powers of trustees

§ 169. Limitation of powers of trustees. The trustees of any such

incorporated church shall have no power to call, settle or remove a

minister or to fix his salary, nor without the consent of a corporate

meeting, to incur debts, beyond what is necessary for the administration

of the temporal affairs of the church and for the care of the property

of the corporation; or to fix or change the time, nature or order of the

public or social worship of such church.