N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 111

§ 111. Decision by Lutheran church as to system of incorporation and\ngovernment. A meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated\nEvangelical Lutheran church must be called and held in pursuance of the\nprovisions of article ten of this chapter, except that the first\nbusiness of such meeting after its organization, shall be to determine\nwhether such church shall be incorporated and governed in pursuance of\nthis article, or in pursuance of article ten of this chapter. If such\nmeeting determines that such church shall be incorporated and governed\nin pursuance of this article, then no further proceedings shall be taken\nin pursuance of article ten, and such church may be incorporated and\nshall be governed after its incorporation in pursuance of the provisions\nof the following sections of this article, except such provisions as are\napplicable only to churches of a different denomination; and the\ncertificate of incorporation shall recite such determination of such\nmeeting. If such meeting determine that such church shall be\nincorporated and governed in pursuance of article ten of this chapter,\nthen this article shall not be applicable thereto, but such church may\nbe incorporated and shall be governed after its incorporation in\npursuance of the provisions of article ten of this chapter, except such\nprovisions as are applicable to churches of a single religious\ndenomination only.\n