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Church _________________________ City ___________________________ District __________________ Form 10
2018 Report of the Trustees (Form 10: page 1 of 5)
Trustees are elected by the Charge Conference to act as its agent in caring for the physical resources of the church
and for all legal matters. The Trustees report at least annually to the Charge Conference
(¶2550) about the state of the church’s property, equipment, investments and resources in their care. In all
matters, Trustees receive guidance from the Charge Conference (¶2529) before acting for the church.
Numbers in parentheses refer to paragraphs in the 2016 Book of Discipline.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS: Examples of important documents include Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws,
abstracts, deeds, mortgages, satisfaction of mortgage. These documents are needed when buying or selling
property or receiving bequests.
1.
Who is responsible for legal papers?
2.
Where are the papers filed?
a.
Articles and bylaws
b.
Deeds, abstracts, mortgages, leases, and others relating to property
c.
Other—list and give location
INCORPORATION
1.
Is the local church incorporated (¶2529.1)? Yes No
2.
Under which Minnesota statute is your church incorporated? 315 317A
See memo about incorporation on the Minnesota Annual Conference UMC web site at www.minnesotaumc.org/
corporate-legal-property. Both forms of incorporation require at least two different communication methods for a
Church/Charge Conference. Status 315 requires 15 days advance notice (with the exception of 30 days advance
notice if sale of property is involved). Status 317A requires 14 days advance notice.
Sample Articles of Incorporation can be found in the GCFA Legal Manual, Section 2: Local Church, page 30 at
www.gcfa.org/services/legal-services/legal-manual/.
3
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If incorporated, is the name of your church the same as contained in your Articles of Incorporation? What is the
corporate name?
4.
If you are a 317A corporation, have you filed your annual renewal on-line with the Minnesota Secretary of
State’s office? Yes No
To check whether you are a corporation in Good Standing in compliance with Minnesota law, please visit the
Secretary of State’s web site at https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/Search by keying in the name of
your corporation. If no records are found, change Filing Status option to “Inactive” and search again.