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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 1. Whenever any Baptist church in connection with which there is an incorporated religious or ecclesiastical society organized in accordance with the laws of the territory or state of Michigan, at any regular or called meeting, shall express by ballot and by 2/3 vote of its qualified members present and voting a desire to assume said corporate powers and the direction and control of its property and secular affairs, the trustees of said society upon receiving official notification of the vote of said church shall forthwith call a meeting of said society of which meeting notice shall be given on 3 successive Sundays next preceding the date of said meeting, specifying the time, place and object thereof to consider and vote upon the questions stated in section 2 hereof. 1
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 458. Ecclesiastical Corporations § 458.171 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-458-ecclesiastical-corporations/mi-comp-laws-458-171/
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