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Learn the fundamentals of incorporating a church and how it affects church governance.
Richard R. Hammar

What is incorporation?

Incorporation is a simple process by which an organization is recognized by the state as a legal entity.

Two forms of church corporations are in widespread use in the United States. By far, the more common form is the membership corporation, which is composed of and controlled by ...

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