Mo. Rev. Stat. § 352.050

No association, society or company formed for manufacturing, agricultural or business purposes of any kind, or for pecuniary profit in any form, nor any corporation having a capital stock divided into shares, shall be incorporated under this chapter; provided, that any company formed to erect a building for the exclusive use of a society within the purview of this chapter, without pecuniary consideration from such society, may become a body corporate under this chapter notwithstanding it has a capital stock in shares, and may receive subscriptions to such stock, to be paid in real estate, in money, property or services rendered to such company.