Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 458. Ecclesiastical Corporations § 458.331

Sec. 1. That when any Congregational church which has a religious or ecclesiastical society with corporate powers in connection with it, shall, by a 2/3 vote of those entitled to vote therein and voting, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, express by ballot a desire to assume said corporate powers and manage all its affairs, both temporal and spiritual, it shall be the duty of the trustees of the said religious or ecclesiastical society, upon receiving official notice of said vote, at any time within 3 months after receiving such notice, to call a meeting of the said religious or ecclesiastical society, due notice for 3 weeks being given, for the purpose of effecting a union of said church and religious society; and the notice calling such meeting of the religious society shall specify the following objects of the said meeting, together with the time and place where the meeting is to be held, namely:

First. For the purpose of consolidating the religious society with the church in connection, shall the name of the society be changed to that of the church in connection?

Two. For the same purpose shall the membership of the society, after the expiration of 1 year from the time of this vote, be limited to the members of the church in connection, of legal age; or to such members together with the pew holders in said church, if otherwise qualified to vote?

Three. For the same purpose shall the time and place of holding the annual and other meetings of the religious society be so changed as to coincide with the time and place of holding the annual and other meetings of the church in connection?