New York Laws
Article 10 - Other Denominations
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.