2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 4100–4110

A. Authorization

4100. Except where prohibited by state or provincial law, the district conference of each established district shall be incorporated or shall cause a corporation to be formed and maintained as a subsidiary corporation of The Wesleyan Church (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:21; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4310) such as will enable it to receive, hold in trust, encumber, sell, transfer, and otherwise dispose of district property and such local property as may be held by the district (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:323:8; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4660–4680; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4730–4750; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4770–4780), and to facilitate the management of its legal and corporate affairs in such manner as may be directed by the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:21) from time to time and according to The Discipline (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4590). In places where such incorporation is prohibited by law, or where the law requires the property to be held by trustees, the legal affairs of the district shall be administered as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4830–4880.

4105. A provisional district may be incorporated when so recommended by the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship and authorized by the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:34) or its Executive Board, and such incorporation shall be according to the standard provisions for an established district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4120).

4110. The articles of incorporation and bylaws for the incorporation of a district, and any amendments thereto, shall be according to the standard provisions in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4120 and any other pertinent requirements as set forth in The Discipline, and shall be subject to the approval of the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:35).