ยง 225-a. Organization of a free Methodist church. It shall be lawful
for any number of persons, not less than six, with the consent of the
district superintendent of the district in which the proposed church is
to be located, to organize a free Methodist church and to procure its
incorporation. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all
matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the
discipline, rules, usages and ministerial appointments of the Free
Methodist Church of North America, as from time to time authorized and
declared by the general conference of said church and the annual
conference within the bounds of which such church may be situated.
Structure New York Laws
Article 11-A - Free Methodist Churches.
225 - Application of This Article.
225-A - Organization of a Free Methodist Church.
225-B - Meeting for Incorporation.
225-C - Certificate of Incorporation.
225-D - Amendment of Articles of Incorporation.
225-E - Effect Upon Existing Corporations.
225-F - Annual Election of Trustees.
225-G - Changing Number of Trustees.
225-H - Vacancies in Board of Trustees.
225-J - Powers of Incorporated Societies.
225-K - Powers and Duties of the Trustees.
225-L - Conveyance of Property.
225-M - Property of Extinct Churches.
225-N - Corporations for Acquiring Property for Special Religious Purposes.