§ 428. Time; place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The annual corporate meeting of every incorporated church or body to which this article is applicable shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws.
2. Notice of the time and place of the annual corporate meeting containing therein the number of any trustees whose terms of office shall expire and whose successors are to be elected thereat, shall be posted and given by means of a public reading of such notice at all services on at least two consecutive Sundays preceding such meetings of the church or body, by the first named of the following persons who are present thereat, to wit: the minister of such church, the officiating minister thereof, if there be one, or by any corporate officer of such church or body.
3. In the event of the absence of Sunday worship services, written notice of the time and place of the annual corporate meeting shall be given by the board of trustees, either personally or by mail, to each qualified voter not less than ten nor more than twenty days before such meeting.
4. A special corporate meeting of the church or body may be called by the minister of such church or body, the board of trustees, or on the written application of at least twenty percent of the qualified voters, but in no event by less than five qualified voters.
5. Written notice of the time and place of the special meeting, together with a statement of the business to be transacted thereat, shall be given by the board of trustees either by posting a public announcement at all services on at least two consecutive Sundays preceding such meeting or by mail, upon each qualified voter, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the special meeting.
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