Section 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.