Subjects: Corporate Records

Description: The Restated Articles of Incorporation of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, submitted to the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth, Bureau of Commercial Services in April 2009.

Date: April 21, 2009

Format: Text/pdf

Original Format: Corporate Document

Language: English

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Transcript: Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
Filing Endorsement

This is to Certify that the RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION - ECCLESIASTIC for HARTFORD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN
ID NUMBER: 771086 received by facsimile transmission on April 22, 2009 is hereby endorsed
Filed on April 24, 2009 by the Administrator.
The document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Department, in the City of Lansing, this 24TH day of April, 2009.
(Signature of Andrew L Metcalf Jr), Director, Bureau of Commercial Services

(Seal of Department)

Sent by Facsimile Transmission 09114

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BCS/CS-512 (Rev. 12/05)
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & ECONOMIC GROWTH
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES
(For Bureau Use Only)
Date Received
This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is state in the document.
Name: Susan R. McMaster c/o Jaffe Raitt
Address: 27777 Franklin Road, Suite 2500
City: Southfield, State: MI, Zip Code: 48034-8214
Effective Date:
Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above. If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
For use by Ecclesiastical Corporations
(Please red information and instructions on the last page)
Pursuant to the provisions of Act 327, Public Acts of 1931, and Act 162, Public Acts of 1982, the undersigned person(s) execute the following Restated Articles:
1. The present name of the corporation is: Hartford Memorial Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan
2. The identification number assigned by the Bureau is: 771086
3. All former names of the corporation are: Hartford Avenue Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan
4. The date of filing the original Articles of Incorpration was: December 17, 1921
The following Restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the original Articles of Incorporation as amended and shall be the Articles of Incorporation for the corporation:
FIRST: The name assumed by this corporation and by which it shall be known in law, is: Hartford Memorial Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan
SECOND:
1. The location of said church or society shall be in the city (or village) of: Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan.
2. The address of the registered office is: 18700 James Couzens Dr., Detroit (City), Michigan 48235 (ZIP Code)
3. The mailing address of the registered office if different than above is: (left blank)
4. The name of the resident agent at the registered office is: Rev. Charles G. Adams

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THIRD: The time for which the corporation shall be created shall be perpetual. (If term is for a fixed number of years, then state the number of years instead of perpetual.)
FOURTH: The members of the church or society shall worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the None church in the United States of America (or other jurisdiction as the case may be), as from time to time authorized and declared by the None (here inset the name of the higher eccclesiastical body or bodies, if any, authorized to determine each question)
FIFTH (Insert any desired additional provisions authorized by the Act; attached additional pages if needed.): Please see attached Exhibit A.
5. Complete Section (a) if the Restated Articles do NOT further amend the Articles of Incorporation; otherwise, complete Section (b)
a. These Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly adopted on the 21st day of April, 2009, in accordance with the provisions of Section 642 of Act 162, Public Acts of 1982, by the Board of Directors without a vote of the members. These Restated Articles of Incorporation only restate and integrate and do not further amend the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation as heretofore amended and there is no material discrepancy betwee those provisionss and the provisions of these Restated Articles.
b. These Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly adopted on the (blank) day of (blank), (blank), in accordance with the provisions of Section 642 of Act 1862, Public Acts of 1982 and Section 182 of Act 327, Public Acts of 1931, as amended, by the necessary number of members and do further amend the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.
i. The following is a copy of the Call for the Meeting: (The call notifying the members of the meeting should be copied here, using the wording as it appeared in the church bulletin, paper, notice, or as it was announced from the pulpit. Minutes of the meeting are not required.)
ii. The number of members present at such meeting: (left blank)
iii. The number of members voting in favor of the Restated Articles of Incorporation: (left blank)

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Signed this 21st day of April, 2009, by the person(s) controlling the temporal affairs (all signers must appear before the Notary):
TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND TITLE BENEATH SIGNATURE
Frank M. Clark, DO (Signature of Frank M. Clark), Frank M. Clark, D.O., Chairman – Trustee Board
(Signature of Charles G. Adams), Charles G. Adams, Pastor – HMBC

State of Michigan )
) SS
County of Wayne )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of April, 2009, by Frank M. Clark, D.O. and Charles G. Adams (list persons appearing before the Notary)

(Signature of Diane Coleman Jenkins) (Signature of Notary)
Diane Coleman Jenkins (Type or Print Name of Notary)
Notary Public for Wayne County, State of Michigan.
My commission expires 9-15-2011
(Notary Seal)