Section 330. Powers and duties of trustees  


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  • 1.  The  trustees  of  an
      incorporated United Methodist church shall have the custody and  control
      of  all  the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation and
      of the revenues from such property, and shall  administer  the  same  in
      accordance with the discipline, rules and usages of The United Methodist
      Church, and with the provisions of law relating thereto, for the support
      and maintenance of the corporation or providing the members thereof at a
      corporate  meeting  thereof  shall  so  authorize,  of  some  religious,
      charitable or benevolent object, conducted by such church, or  connected
      with  it,  or  with  The United Methodist Church, and they shall not use
      such property for any other purpose or divert the same from such uses.
        2. The trustees shall be responsible to the charge conference  of  the
      church  in  a manner not inconsistent with any directions of a corporate
      meeting, and  shall  annually  make  a  written  report  to  the  charge
      conference  which  report  shall  include  the  items  required  by  the
      discipline of The United Methodist Church.
        3. The trustees shall not prevent or  interfere  with  the  pastor  or
      other  duly  authorized  ministers of The United Methodist Church in the
      use of said property for religious services  or  other  proper  meetings
      recognized by the law and usage of The United Methodist Church.