2536. Unincorporated Local Church Property--Title and Purchase--Unless otherwise required by local law (2506), title to all property now owned or hereafter acquired by an unincorporated local Church, and any organization, board, commission, society, or similar body connected therewith, shall be held by and/or conveyed and transferred to its duly elected trustees, their successors and assigns in trust for the use and benefit of such local Church and of The United Methodist Church. The trustees shall be named as the board of trustees of the local Church in the written instrument conveying or transferring title. Every instrument of conveyance of real estate shall contain the appropriate trust clause as set forth in the Discipline (2503).
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 2536
1996 United Methodist General Conference