CORPORATION DOCUMENTS

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Articles of Incorporation
A legal document that creates a corporation; it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of the state

501 (c) 3 Nonprofit Corporations
In the State of Indiana, a nonprofit corporation is defined as "a businesses organized with a purpose other than generating profit". The organization can raise revenue and no member or employee may be paid a dividend or salary beyond reasonable compensation.

The incorporation process specific to churches in Indiana is governed by state law. The church needs to select a business name. They must recruit at least three directors and draft and file Articles of Incorporation with the Indiana Secretary of State. The articles serve as the Church constitution and need to include basic information while also naming an individual to receive future correspondence from the state. The articles need to specify why the church was created (specifically to further a religious purpose) and that, upon dissolution of the church as an organization, the church's assets will go to another nonprofit.

Original Incorporation Documents and Corporate Filings for Fairhaven Church.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, December 1970

CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT, March 1972

CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT, April 1974

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, March 1978

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, June 1979

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, October 1980

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, June 1982

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, March 1983

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, May 1984

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, March 1985

ANNUAL REPORT FILING, March 1986