Electric Heights UMC News

There is an Electric Heights Corporation meeting scheduled for Sunday, January 28th. This will be a brief meeting immediately after Sunday service.

The Electric Heights Corporation consists of all members of the church conference and it is required to meet at least once per year. The corporation assists in exempting church members and officers from legal liability for debts or other obligations of the local church.

The trustees and/or corporation must give public notice before holding a corporation meeting (which is why this posting is being made several weeks ahead of time).

For more information about the corporation, the following is excerpted from the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship guidelines for trustees.

No provision of the articles of incorporation may be in conflict with the Book of Discipline.
To conform to the Book of Discipline, the following provisions shall be included:

1. The corporation supports the doctrine of The United Methodist Church, and all its property will be subject to the law, usages, and ministerial appointments of The United Methodist Church.
2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be the trustees of the church who have been elected in accordance with the Book of Discipline, and the elected officers of the trustees will be the officers of the board of directors of the corporation. Provision should be made for the trustees to ratify selection of the church treasurer(s) elected by the charge conference as the corporation treasurer(s).
3. All the powers and duties relative to property specified by the Book of Discipline for the charge conference and the trustees shall be the powers and responsibilities for the corporation and its board of directors.
4. The members of the corporation shall be the members of the charge conference.
5. If the corporation for any reason ceases to exist, then the title to all its property shall be vested in the annual conference board of trustees to be held in trust for the local church. Such provision will protect the church officials in the event their charter as a corporation may lapse or be canceled.
6. The bylaws of the corporation shall conform to the Book of Discipline, as enacted from time to time by the General Conference.
7. The corporation shall be structured to protect from legal liability the officials and members of the local church and the conference to which it relates.