2019 New York Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 10 - Other Denominations
211 - Incorporation of Church in Connection With Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc.

§  211.  Incorporation  of church in connection with Spiritual Science
  Mother Church, Inc. A meeting for  incorporating  or  reincorporating  a
  church  in  connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall
  be held in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this  article.  Such
  meeting  shall be held and such church shall be subject to the following
  provisions:
1. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice  of  the  meeting  must
  have  attached  thereto the endorsement and consent of Spiritual Science
  Mother Church, Inc.
2. The meeting for incorporation. The meeting shall be called to order
  by an authorized delegate of the board of directors of Spiritual Science
  Mother  Church,  Inc.,  the  supreme  ecclesiastical  council  governing
  Spiritual Science Mother Church and its branch churches.
3.  The certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation
  shall have attached thereto the endorsement and consent of the board  of
  directors of Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., and the name of such
  church  as  adopted  shall  thereafter  have  affixed: "Branch Church of
  Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., of New York."
4. Rules and regulations.  A  church  incorporated  or  reincorporated
  under  the  provisions of this section shall be subject to the rules and
  regulations of the  board  of  directors  of  Spiritual  Science  Mother
  Church, Inc.
5.  Trustees.  The  trustees  of such branch church incorporated under
  this section shall also be the spiritual officers of such church.
6. Election of ministers. No branch church of  Spiritual  Science  may
  engage  or  retain, under this section, any minister not certified as in
  good standing by Spiritual Science Mother Church board of directors.
7. Licenses  and  certificates.  Only  persons  holding  a  minister's
  license  or a certificate of proficiency from the ecclesiastical council
  of Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall conduct services in  any
  church incorporated under this section.
8.  Recording of licenses. Such license or certificate shall be made a
  matter of public record either in the office of the county clerk or such
  other place as by law may be provided for such record.