N.Y. Religious Corporations Law Section 276
Reincorporation of present incorporated churches of the Nazarene

Any church of the Nazarene heretofore incorporated may reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the county clerk’s office in the county in which its principal place of worship is located, a certificate, signed 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 all the trustees in office at the time of such reincorporation, setting forth that they desire to reincorporate under the provisions of this act, 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; the number and the names of the laymen trustees who are to hold office until the next annual meeting of said corporation. Immediately upon the filing of such certificate, the board of trustees of said church, shall consist of the district superintendent of the district in which the principal place of worship is located, and the laymen trustees selected as above provided, and the office of the trustees of said church heretofore appointed or selected shall become vacant and cease to exist.

Source: Section 276 — Reincorporation of present incorporated churches of the Nazarene, (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 9, 2025).

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