N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 274: Incorporation

§ 274. Incorporation. An unincorporated church of the Nazarene may

become incorporated as a church, by executing, acknowledging and filing

a certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name by which such

church shall be known, and the county, town, city or village where its

principal place of worship is or is intended to be located.

A certificate of incorporation of unincorporated churches of the

Nazarene, shall be executed and acknowledged by the district

superintendent of the district in which its principal place of worship

is located, or in case of his absence or inability to act, by one of the

general superintendents of the church of the Nazarene of the United

States, and by the laymen, members of such church, who shall be selected

as the first trustees thereof by said official.

In filing the said certificate, said church shall be a corporation by

the name stated in the certificate.