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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION - RESTATEMENT
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE ARTICLES
OF
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL COUNSELORS
April 20, 2010
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL COUNSELORS.
ARTICLE II
This Corporation is a public benefit corporation. This Corporation is formed for charitable, educational, and religious purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or a related section of a successor statute (“Code”), to promote the profession, the training and the practice of Pastoral Counselors. Among such purposes are:
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To foster pastoral counseling, psychotherapy, consultation, education, certification and accreditation as an extension of the ministry of faith communities.
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To work with faith communities to clarify the need for standards and procedures for the endorsement of specialists in pastoral counseling.
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To provide certification for ordained clergy and other interested persons engaged in specialized ministries of pastoral counseling.
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To accredit pastoral counseling centers and to approve centers training pastoral counselors.
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To provide professional formation, credentialing, and collegial membership for pastoral counselors.
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To foster membership in this association by ordained (or equivalent) counselors from religious traditions and faith groups who seek to integrate the resources of spirituality, theology and faith traditions into their professional practice.
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To promote pastoral counseling and care practices that are ethically sound, clinically competent, theologically grounded and sensitive to multiple faith and spiritual practices.
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To encourage research relevant to pastoral counseling.
ARTICLE III
This Corporation shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE IV
This Corporation shall have two general types of membership, individual members and institutional members in which the power of the Corporation is vested. This Corporation shall have a Board of Directors whose authority and power shall be limited as provided in the By-Laws of this Corporation. This Corporation shall have such officers with such duties as may be provided in the By-Laws of this Corporation.
ARTICLE V
In the event of dissolution of this Corporation or if for any reason the purposes of this Corporation should become impossible of performance, all assets remaining after all liabilities and obligations for the Corporation have been paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate provision made therefore, shall be distributed to one or more organizations organized and operated for similar exempt purposes and which are exempt from federal income tax pursuant to Section 501 (c)(3) of the Code, or to the Federal, State or local government for a public purpose.