A R T I C L E S O F I N C O R P O R A T I O N
FOR DOMESTIC NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the non-profit laws of the State of Montana, 35-2, MCA, hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation.
The name of the corporation shall be:
Churches of God Cyber Auxiliary
The name of the Registered Agent of the corporation is:
Daniel R. Deininger
The street address of the Registered Office, which is also the address of the Registered Agent, is as follows:
1335 Boulder, Helena, Montana 59601
The corporation is a Religious Corporation with no members.
The name and address of incorporators are as follows:
Daniel R. Deininger R. Allen Hirst
1335 Boulder, 1204 East Longfellow
Helena, Montana 59601 Spokane, Washington 99207
The term of existence shall be perpetual.
The Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Directors who shall be selected in the manner provided in the Bylaws.
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The purposes for which the tax-deductible non-profit religious corporation is organized shall be to engage in any lawful activity for which corporations may be organized under the general corporation laws of the State of Montana. In addition, the purpose of this non-profit organization is best explained in Our Mission, and Our Vision, which are detailed as follows:
Our Mission:
The mission of this corporation is to serve, support and enhance the efforts of various individuals, congregations and administrations of the church of God, the spiritual body of Jesus Christ, in doing the work of preaching the gospel in all the world, making disciples, and feeding the flock.Our Vision:
The vision of this Corporation is to recognize that freely giving, sharing, and helping others in Godly love will in turn, further empower others to do the same.Not withstanding any other provision of these articles, the corporation is organized exclusively for one or more of the following purposes: religious, charitable, scientific, testing, or public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the providing of facilities or equipment) or for the prevention of cruelty of children or animals as specified in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and shall not carry on any 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 of 1954.
No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of any member, trustee, director, officer of the corporation, or any private individual (except that reasonable compensation may be paid for services rendered to or for the corporation), and no member, trustee, officer shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the corporate assets upon dissolution of the corporation.
No part of the activities of the corporation shall be carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided by Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (b)), or participating in, or intervening in (including the publication or distribution of statements), and political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Upon the dissolution of this organization, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding section of any future Federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the Federal Government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.
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No capital stock shall ever be issued, no dividends shall ever be paid, and the Corporation shall be operated on a non-profit basis in furtherance of its Corporate purposes, and any surplus shall be used to further such purposes.
In the event of dissolution of the corporation, the assets are to be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or corresponding section of any future Federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the Federal Government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Montana do make and file this certificate, and do certify that the facts herein stated are true; and have accordingly affixed our signatures on this 18th day of September , 19 97 .
(Signed by Daniel R. Deininger)
Daniel R. Deininger, Incorporator
(Signed by R. Allen Hirst)
R. Allen Hirst, Incorporator
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