§ 204-b. Change of name of churches and affiliated and subsidiary
organizations of the church of the United Brethren in Christ and the
Evangelical Church. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of
any general, special or local law, the two denominations known as the
church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church
having united under the name of the Evangelical United Brethren Church,
all existing corporations, institutions, unincorporated boards,
societies, associations, churches or administrative agencies formerly
affiliated either with the church of the United Brethren in Christ or
the Evangelical Church, and all societies, conferences, boards,
associations, corporations or organizations directly connected therewith
or subsidiary thereto, shall be known as the Evangelical United Brethren
Church or an affiliate thereof and all such churches, corporations,
unincorporated associations, and other organizations shall hereafter be
known by such names as changed and amended by this section.

The changes in names provided for by this section shall not in any
respect change the identity of or affect, abate, defeat, alter or amend
any of the rights, privileges, powers, property, rights, obligations,
liabilities, or duties of any of said churches, corporations,
organizations, or unincorporated associations aforesaid, all of which
shall remain in full force and effect as though their respective names
had not been so changed.

All churches, corporations, organizations, or unincorporated
associations using the changed names as provided in this section shall
continue to have and be possessed of all the interest, property, and
rights to which they are or may become entitled under their former
corporate names or other respective designations.