Section R. 400.245a - DefinitionsRule 245a.
(1) The meaning of the word "charitable" in the phrase "charitable purpose" shall include "philanthropic," "social service," "benevolent," and "patriotic."(2) A church is an ecclesiastical corporation, or an association organized primarily for public worship and protected in its organization by a specific Michigan statute.(3) A charitable organization is church-sponsored where a single church has legal control of the organization or contractual control of the solicitation.Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.245a