New York Laws
Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches
169 - Limitation of Powers of Trustees.

ยง 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.