N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 211: Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc

§ 211. Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science

Mother Church, Inc. A meeting for incorporating or reincorporating a

church in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall

be held in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this article. Such

meeting shall be held and such church shall be subject to the following

provisions:

1. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of the meeting must

have attached thereto the endorsement and consent of Spiritual Science

Mother Church, Inc.

2. The meeting for incorporation. The meeting shall be called to order

by an authorized delegate of the board of directors of Spiritual Science

Mother Church, Inc., the supreme ecclesiastical council governing

Spiritual Science Mother Church and its branch churches.

3. The certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation

shall have attached thereto the endorsement and consent of the board of

directors of Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., and the name of such

church as adopted shall thereafter have affixed: "Branch Church of

Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., of New York."

4. Rules and regulations. A church incorporated or reincorporated

under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the rules and

regulations of the board of directors of Spiritual Science Mother

Church, Inc.

5. Trustees. The trustees of such branch church incorporated under

this section shall also be the spiritual officers of such church.

6. Election of ministers. No branch church of Spiritual Science may

engage or retain, under this section, any minister not certified as in

good standing by Spiritual Science Mother Church board of directors.

7. Licenses and certificates. Only persons holding a minister's

license or a certificate of proficiency from the ecclesiastical council

of Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall conduct services in any

church incorporated under this section.

8. Recording of licenses. Such license or certificate shall be made a

matter of public record either in the office of the county clerk or such

other place as by law may be provided for such record.