Section 211. Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc


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  • 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.