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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ - Articles of Incorporation Articles of Incorporation of Stonehill Church, Inc. 20l6 MAY -S PH 3 05 SECRETARY OF STATE STATE OF IDAHO The undersigned Directors of Stonehill Church, Inc., ("Corporation") organized under and pursuant to the Idaho Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3, Title 30, Idaho Code ("Act") certify that: (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the following Articles of Incorporation ("Articles") on May 1", 2016; (ii) the Corporation has no members; and (iii) no approval by any other person other than the Board of Directors is required for approval. ARTICLE NAME OF CORPORATION The name of the Corporation is Stonehill Church, Inc. The physical address of the corporation is 2221 E Sicily Street, Meridian, ID 83642. ARTICLE II STATUS The Corporation is a Nonprofit Corporation. ARTICLE III PERIOD OF DURATION The period of duration of the Corporation is perpetual. ARTCLE IV REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT The location of the Corporation is in the City of Meridian, County of Ada, and in the State of Idaho. The address of the initial registered office is 2221 E. Sicily Street, Meridian, ID 83642, and the name of the initial registered agent at this address is Doug Connelly. ARTICLE V PURPOSES The purposes for which the Corporation is organized and will be operated are as follows: A. To organize, establish, and maintain a Church for the purposes of worship and ministry work, conducting worship services regularly, ministry to children, development of youth programs for ministry and worship, to promote the values of Christian belief, to promote fellowship of its members, and to raise funds for carrying the same into effect, and to otherwise promulgate the Gospel of Jesus Christ and promote Bible teaching and Christian ministry based on the fundamental precepts of Christian faith, and to carry on all activities consistent with Church f purposes. B. To pursue charitable, religious, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, including,for such purposes,the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt under Section 501(c)(3). C. To exercise all powers granted by law necessary and proper to carry out the foregoing purposes, including, but not limited to, the power to accept donations of money, property, whether real or personal, or any other things of value, and the power to lease, and acquire property and enter into contracts as necessary to effectuate for foregoing purposes. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or permit the Corporation to carry on any business for profit, to exercise any power, or do any act that a corporation formed under the Act, or any amendment thereto or substitute therefor, may not at that time lawfully carry on or do. ARTICLE VI LIMITATIONS No part of the net earnings or the assets of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, Directors, Officers, or other private persons except that the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and ARTICLE IX DISTRIBUTION ON DISSOLUTION Upon dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all liabilities of the Corporation, distribute all the assets of the Corporation consistent with the purposes of the Corporation to such organization or organizations as shall at that time qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, in such a manner as the Board of Directors shall determine. Any such assets not so distributed shall be distributed by the District Court of the County in which the principal office of the Corporation is then located, exclusively for the purposes or to such organizations, as such the Court shall determine to be consistent with the purposes of the Corporation. ARTICLE X INCORPORATOR The name and street address of the incorporator(s) are: NAME ADDRESS Doug Connelly 2221 E Sicily Street, Meridian, ID 83642 Jeffery Harvey 13319 W Silverbrook Drive, Boise, ID 83713 ARTICLE XI BYLAWS Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the Corporation shall be set forth in the Bylaws. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be authorized to amend the Corporations Bylaws and these Articles to the extent permitted by the Act by an affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the Directors then in office. distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article V thereof. No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be for the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaigns on behalf of any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles,the Corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time. ARTICLE VII NO MEMBERS The Corporation shall have no members. ARTICLE VIII BOARD OF DIRECTORS The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Leadership Team, which shall serve as the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The number of Directors serving on the Board of Directors shall be fixed in accordance with the Corporation's Bylaws, which number shall be no less than three. Other than the Directors constituting the initial Board of Directors, who are designated in these Articles,the Directors shall be elected by the existing Directors of the Corporation in the manner and for the term provided by the Bylaws of the Corporation. The names and street addresses of the persons constituting the initial Board of Directors are: NAME ADDRESS Doug Connelly 2221 E Sicily Street, Meridian, 1D 83642 Evan Wykes 5074 N. Lawsonia Place, Boise, ID 83713 Mike Johnston 2852 S Jiovanni Place,Meridian, ID 83642 Jeff Harvey 13319 W Silverbrook Drive, Boise, Id 83713 ARTICLE XII LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION The Corporation shall indemnify, hold harmless, and defend present and former Directors, Officers, employees and agents of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the Act as the same exists at the time of the adoption of these Articles or may hereafter (but, in the case of such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Act permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment.) Expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by present and former Directors, Officers, employees and agents of the Corporation in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding in accordance with the Act. ARTICLE XIII , ADOPTION INFORMATION The date of the adoption of the Articles of Incorporation was May, 11t 2016. Dated this 1st day of May, 2016. Doug Connelly/Date S11fg- ery Harvey/ Date Articles of Incorporation of Stonehill Church, Inc. 20l6 MAY -S PH 3 05 SECRETARY OF STATE STATE OF IDAHO The undersigned Directors of Stonehill Church, Inc., ("Corporation") organized under and pursuant to the Idaho Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3, Title 30, Idaho Code ("Act") certify that: (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the following Articles of Incorporation ("Articles") on May 1", 2016; (ii) the Corporation has no members; and (iii) no approval by any other person other than the Board of Directors is required for approval. ARTICLE NAME OF CORPORATION The name of the Corporation is Stonehill Church, Inc. The physical address of the corporation is 2221 E Sicily Street, Meridian, ID 83642. ARTICLE II STATUS The Corporation is a Nonprofit Corporation. ARTICLE III PERIOD OF DURATION The period of duration of the Corporation is perpetual. ARTCLE IV REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT The location of the Corporation is in the City of Meridian, County of Ada, and in the State of Idaho. The address of the initial registered office is 2221 E. Sicily Street, Meridian, ID 83642, and the name of the initial registered agent at this address is Doug Connelly. ARTICLE V PURPOSES The purposes for which the Corporation is organized and will be operated are as follows: A. To organize, establish, and maintain a Church for the purposes of worship and ministry work, conducting worship services regularly, ministry to children, development of youth programs for ministry and worship, to promote the values of Christian belief, to promote fellowship of its members, and to raise funds for carrying the same into effect, and to otherwise promulgate the Gospel of Jesus Christ and promote Bible teaching and Christian ministry based on the fundamental precepts of Christian faith, and to carry on all activities consistent with Church f purposes. B. To pursue charitable, religious, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, including,for such purposes,the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt under Section 501(c)(3). C. To exercise all powers granted by law necessary and proper to carry out the foregoing purposes, including, but not limited to, the power to accept donations of money, property, whether real or personal, or any other things of value, and the power to lease, and acquire property and enter into contracts as necessary to effectuate for foregoing purposes. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or permit the Corporation to carry on any business for profit, to exercise any power, or do any act that a corporation formed under the Act, or any amendment thereto or substitute therefor, may not at that time lawfully carry on or do. ARTICLE VI LIMITATIONS No part of the net earnings or the assets of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, Directors, Officers, or other private persons except that the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and ARTICLE IX DISTRIBUTION ON DISSOLUTION Upon dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all liabilities of the Corporation, distribute all the assets of the Corporation consistent with the purposes of the Corporation to such organization or organizations as shall at that time qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, in such a manner as the Board of Directors shall determine. Any such assets not so distributed shall be distributed by the District Court of the County in which the principal office of the Corporation is then located, exclusively for the purposes or to such organizations, as such the Court shall determine to be consistent with the purposes of the Corporation. ARTICLE X INCORPORATOR The name and street address of the incorporator(s) are: NAME ADDRESS Doug Connelly 2221 E Sicily Street, Meridian, ID 83642 Jeffery Harvey 13319 W Silverbrook Drive, Boise, ID 83713 ARTICLE XI BYLAWS Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the Corporation shall be set forth in the Bylaws. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be authorized to amend the Corporations Bylaws and these Articles to the extent permitted by the Act by an affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the Directors then in office. distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article V thereof. No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be for the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaigns on behalf of any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles,the Corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time. ARTICLE VII NO MEMBERS The Corporation shall have no members. ARTICLE VIII BOARD OF DIRECTORS The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Leadership Team, which shall serve as the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The number of Directors serving on the Board of Directors shall be fixed in accordance with the Corporation's Bylaws, which number shall be no less than three. Other than the Directors constituting the initial Board of Directors, who are designated in these Articles,the Directors shall be elected by the existing Directors of the Corporation in the manner and for the term provided by the Bylaws of the Corporation. The names and street addresses of the persons constituting the initial Board of Directors are: NAME ADDRESS Doug Connelly 2221 E Sicily Street, Meridian, 1D 83642 Evan Wykes 5074 N. Lawsonia Place, Boise, ID 83713 Mike Johnston 2852 S Jiovanni Place,Meridian, ID 83642 Jeff Harvey 13319 W Silverbrook Drive, Boise, Id 83713 ARTICLE XII LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION The Corporation shall indemnify, hold harmless, and defend present and former Directors, Officers, employees and agents of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the Act as the same exists at the time of the adoption of these Articles or may hereafter (but, in the case of such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Act permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment.) Expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by present and former Directors, Officers, employees and agents of the Corporation in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding in accordance with the Act. ARTICLE XIII , ADOPTION INFORMATION The date of the adoption of the Articles of Incorporation was May, 11t 2016. Dated this 1st day of May, 2016. Doug Connelly/Date S11fg- ery Harvey/ Date