N.J. Stat. § 16:1-43.2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-43.2
Consolidation agreement
Status: in_force

Such cathedral church or foundation, by the vote of its general chapter or other highest governing body, and such church, congregation, parish or society, by the vote of its trustees, consistory, session, vestry, or other highest governing body, may make or authorize the making of a joint consolidation agreement, which shall set forth: (a) The cathedral church or foundation, and the church, congregation, parish or society, to be consolidated; (b) The terms or conditions of the consolidation, and the mode of carrying it into effect; (c) The name of the consolidated corporation, which may be that of one of the constituent corporations; (d) The period, if any, limited for the duration of the consolidated corporation; and (e) The number, qualifications, if any, and terms of office of the persons who shall constitute the first board of trustees, chapter or other governing body, and the principal officers, of the consolidated corporation after the consolidation has been effected, their names or their designation ex officio as persons for the time holding specified clerical offices or offices or membership in specified religious bodies or organizations or committees thereof, or the manner in which, and the persons or bodies or organizations or committees thereof by which, they or some of them are to be elected or appointed, who shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected or appointed. The consolidation agreement may: (f) Fix a time subsequent to the filing of the agreement in the office of the Secretary of State at which the consolidation shall become effective and provide for changing or extending that time; (g) Fix a time at which the first meeting of the trustees, chapter or other governing body of the consolidated corporation, shall be held, or provide for the call and notice thereof; (h) Contain other provisions necessary or proper for carrying the consolidation into effect; (i) Provide that the constitution, and statutes or by-laws, of one of the constituent corporations shall constitute those of the consolidated corporation, or provide for the adoption and amendment thereof, from time to time, by the latter, or such agreement may, by reference, or otherwise, adopt or prescribe the constitution, and statutes or by-laws thereof; (j) Contain provisions defining the objects and powers of the consolidated corporation; and (k) Provide for the method of changing the name of the consolidated corporation, and for the subsequent amendment of provisions of the consolidation agreement defining the objects and powers of the consolidated corporation or other provisions therein contained relating to its regulation, organization, government, management and administration. L.1944, c. 143, p. 380, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 16:20-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-5
Incorporation of diocese, archdiocese
Status: in_force

5. Any diocese or archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church located in whole or in part in this State may become incorporated as a diocese or archdiocese under the provisions of this act by filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation. A certificate of incorporation of a diocese or archdiocese shall be executed and acknowledged by the Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church, or the Archbishop of the Coptic Orthodox archdiocese, and by two or more persons who shall be appointed by the bishop from among the priests and deacons of that diocese or archdiocese. Upon filing that certificate of incorporation, that diocese or archdiocese shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate. L.1993,c.148,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-1 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1
Incorporation
Status: in_force

The members of any Baptist church in this state, organized according to the usages and customs of Baptist churches, may incorporate in the following manner: Notice of a meeting of such members to incorporate, with the day, hour and place thereof, shall be given by advertisement, signed by the clerk, or clerk pro tempore of such church, and set up in open view, at least ten days previous to the day named therein, at or near the place where the members usually assemble for public worship. The number of members necessary to constitute a quorum shall be determined by regulation previously adopted by such church. In the absence of any such regulation five members shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn the meeting from time to time. At such meeting the pastor or any member of such church called to the chair shall preside, and the clerk of the church shall be the secretary of the meeting and shall record the proceedings. A corporate name shall be adopted by a majority vote of the members present at such meeting, and any number of persons, not less than three, who are members of such church or congregation meeting therewith for public worship, shall be elected to be trustees by a similar vote.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-4 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-4
Incorporation of society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with church
Status: in_force

Any society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with The United Methodist Church may incorporate, or if incorporated may reincorporate, in the following manner: a. At least 10 days notice shall be given to the members stating that at a specified date, time and place a meeting will be held for the purpose of incorporating or reincorporating such organization, selecting a name therefor and electing trustees thereof to serve as directors of the corporation. Such notice shall be in writing and signed by at least 6 of such members. b. If at such meeting the members present and voting shall determine by resolution to incorporate or reincorporate such organization, they shall similarly determine the name of the corporation, and the number and terms of office of the trustees. Such members shall elect the number of trustees so determined, and shall provide for the time and place of the annual corporate meeting at which the annual election of trustees will be held. c. The duly elected trustees of such organization shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate of incorporation setting forth the name of the corporation, the names of the trustees and their terms of office, and such other provisions as adopted by vote of the members at such meeting to govern the business of the corporation. Upon the filing of such certificate in the office of the Secretary of State such organization shall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate. L.1968, c. 235, s. 3, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-25 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-25
Effect of change on property rights and liabilities
Status: in_force

After such change of name such corporations shall respectively hold, convey and administer, under and by their new name, all the property, estates, trusts, rights, privileges and franchises which they had under their former name, and may receive, hold, convey and administer all estates, gifts, bequests, devises, conveyances and trusts given or made to them by their new name or any former name, as fully and to the same intent as if such name had not been changed and such estates, gifts, bequests, devises, conveyances and trusts had been given or made to them by their former name. Such change of name shall not impair any legal liability or obligation of or to such corporations.
N.J. Stat. § 16:19-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-2
Incorporation
Status: in_force

Any association enumerated in section 16:19-1 of this Title may, by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the association, held in their regular place of meeting and called by them upon ten days' notice in writing set up at such place in plain view, adopt a name, constitution and by-laws, elect a board of directors, not to exceed thirty (except that in the case of a Young Men's Christian Association, a Young Men's Hebrew Association, a Young Women's Hebrew Association or a Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association such board may be of any number), and declare themselves incorporated by such name. A copy of the resolution, with the names of the directors, together with a copy of the official seal of the association, certified, under oath, to be correct by the officers of the meeting or meetings at which such resolution was adopted, directors elected and seal adopted, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the association is located, for which service the county clerk shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the Title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the association shall be a corporation, with all the powers conferred by article one, of chapter one, of this Title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1939, c. 231, p. 628, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1939; L.1949, c. 12, p. 49, s. 1; L.1953, c. 64, p. 976, s. 1, eff. April 2, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 16:17-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Certificate; contents; approval of state association; filing and recording
Status: in_force

The chairman and clerk of the meeting shall make, sign and acknowledge before any person authorized to take the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in this state, a certificate in writing, setting forth: a. That said meeting was called and organized in accordance with the provisions of this article; b. The name assumed as the corporate title; c. The number of trustees; and d. The names of the individuals elected as trustees with the term of office of each. The approval of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, signed by the president or vice president, the treasurer and secretary thereof, and sealed with its corporate seal, shall be appended to such certificate, without which approval such certificate shall not be entitled to record. The chairman and clerk shall transmit the certificate to the clerk of the county in which such board is elected, who shall file and record the same forthwith, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided by section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
N.J. Stat. § 16:1-44 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-44
§ 16:1-44
Status: in_force

Any religious body may register with the secretary of state the name, title or designation under which it operates, or functions, or its activities are carried on. The secretary of state shall provide for the registration and recording of such names, titles and designations, and shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars for such registration.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-11 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-11
Real property of local church; sale, transfer or mortgage; procedure and conditions
Status: in_force

Any real property owned by a local church of The United Methodist Church, or in which such local church has an interest, shall be held, used, kept and maintained by such local church subject to the Discipline and usage of The United Methodist Church as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference and by the annual conference within whose bounds such property is located. Any such real property may be sold, transferred or mortgaged by such local church only in accordance with the following procedure and conditions: a. Notice of the proposed action, and the date, time and place of a meeting at which it is to be considered, shall be given to the members of such church in writing or from the pulpit or in the weekly bulletin at least 10 days prior to such meeting. Such notice shall be given by the pastor, the charge conference or the district superintendent. b. A resolution authorizing the proposed action shall be presented to the charge conference of such church. If adopted, such resolution shall be presented for adoption by the members of such church; provided, however, that a vote by the members of the church shall not be required for the sale of property which was conveyed to such church for sale and use of the proceeds for a specific purpose. c. Such resolution shall authorize and direct the board of trustees of such church to take all necessary steps to carry out the action authorized, and to cause to be executed any written instruments required therefor. d. The board of trustees, at any regular or special meeting, shall take the action so directed and authorized, and adopt such resolutions as may be necessary or required by law. e. Written consent to the proposed action by the pastor of such local church and the district superintendent shall be required, and shall be affixed to the instrument of sale, conveyance, transfer or mortgage. L.1968, c. 235, s. 10, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 16:4-1 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1
Incorporation
Status: in_force

Any church or congregation now or hereafter established by a branch of any society or confraternity of clergymen in this state may incorporate in the following manner: The pastor of such church or congregation for the time being, and four of the clergymen resident in the house or parsonage connected with the church or congregation, and members of the society or confraternity by which the church or congregation has been established, who shall be elected by a majority of the clergymen resident as aforesaid, may sign a certificate setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known as a corporation, and transmit such certificate to the clerk of the county in which such church or congregation is located, who shall forthwith file and record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such church or congregation shall be a corporation by the name or title so taken, certified and recorded.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-5
§ 16:2-5
Status: in_force

Any devise or bequest to any such corporation shall not be defeated by reason of any misnomer, if the intention of the testator can be ascertained.
N.J. Stat. § 16:19-4 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-4
Powers of board of trustees
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall, by their corporate name, have power to: a. Make and use a common seal, and alter or renew the same; b. Sue and be sued; c. Make by-laws and rules, consistent with law, for the management of its business and affairs, the convening or holding of its meetings, and the election or appointment, powers, duties and removal of its officers and agents, and to alter, amend or repeal the same; and d. Acquire by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, and to hold any real or personal property for the uses of the association; and, with the consent of the board of directors, to sell, grant, assign, mortgage and dispose of the same or any part thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 16:16-13 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-13
§ 16:16-13
Status: in_force

The corporation may elect annually, or at such periods as it may deem fit, one of its trustees to be the secretary. He shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation in a book kept for that purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 16:5-27 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-27
Combinations, consolidations or mergers
Status: in_force

Any 2 or more organizations incorporated under the provisions of this chapter as amended and supplemented may combine, consolidate or merge in the same manner as in the case of combinations, consolidations or mergers of corporations organized for purposes other than for pecuniary profit. Any organization incorporated under the provisions of this chapter as amended and supplemented may combine, consolidate or merge with any organization having a similar purpose and incorporated under the laws of any other State if the said other incorporated organization is authorized so to do by the laws of the State of its incorporation. L.1962, c. 53, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-11 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-11
Election of officers; tenure.
Status: in_force

16:12-11. At each annual election of any such parish incorporated after March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and one, one warden shall be elected to hold office for two years, or until a successor is chosen, and one-third of the total number of vestrymembers shall be elected to hold office for three years, or until their successors are chosen, and of any such parish incorporated prior to March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and one, both wardens and all the vestrymembers may be elected to hold office for one year, or until their successors are chosen, or one warden shall be elected to hold office for two years or until a successor is chosen and one-third of the total number of vestrymembers shall be elected to hold office for three years, or until their successors are chosen, notwithstanding any provisions in the charters or certificates of incorporation of any such parishes, congregations, societies or churches. amended 2017, c.151, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 16:11-4 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Certain powers subject to authority of session or spiritual officers
Status: in_force

In the exercise of any power necessary to the proper care of the property held for the uses of the congregation, such corporation shall be subject to such authority over the worship of the congregation, including the musical service, over the times and places of preaching the word of God and of all other religious services, and over the uses to which the church buildings and other properties may be put, as may be committed by the constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to the session of the church or to any other spiritual officers, and shall have no power to make by-laws or exercise any power with respect to matters so committed. Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 16:7-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-3
Trustee's title
Status: in_force

Such trustee or trustees shall hold title to such real property subject to all of the provisions contained in the trust instrument under which the original trustee or trustees was or were bound, including the duty to convey such real property to such person or persons which the members at any of their business meetings may designate. L.1971, c. 296, s. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 16:5-13 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-13
Strife and division in congregation; settlement; title and disposition of property
Status: in_force

Any such corporation, by its constitution or other agreement with its constituent and affiliated congregations, may provide for the settlement and determination of strife and division in any congregation which is a member of or is affiliated with said corporation, and in case of any such strife and division, such settlement and determination shall provide for a continuation in possession and title of all the property of the congregation represented by that part of the congregation's membership which continues in unity with the said synod or district and its faith, whether such part of the said membership constitutes a majority or a minority of its total membership. In similar manner, the said corporation may provide for the acquisition by the corporation of all of the real and personal property of any constituent or affiliated congregation which shall be dissolved by voluntary or involuntary action or which shall become inactive or extinct. In the event of any such acquisition, the Lutheran Synod or District incorporated under this act may manage, use, sell, convey, mortgage or otherwise dispose of all such real and personal property so acquired for the uses and purposes of the said corporation. Any sale, conveyance or other disposition of any such property so acquired shall be sufficient and as effectual as if made by the former congregation or its proper trustees, officers, agents or legal representatives, and shall vest in the grantee, vendee, purchaser, or person acquiring an interest therein, all the right, title and interest in and to such property theretofore vested in the said congregation, or in its trustees, officers, agents or legal representatives. L.1950, c. 84, p. 149, s. 10. Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 6; L.1972, c. 138, s. 4, eff. Aug. 30, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 16:1-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-2
Certificate; contents; recording; effect on corporate existence
Status: in_force

The trustees shall make a certificate, under their hands and seals, of the name they take upon themselves, and shall transmit such certificate to the county clerk, who shall forthwith record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
N.J. Stat. § 16:16-7 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-7
§ 16:16-7
Status: in_force

The proceedings, orders, acts, contracts or obligations of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the written sanction or approval of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar general of the bishop, if any there be, duly appointed as such vicar general by the bishop, or in case of a vacancy in the office of bishop, by the administrator acting as bishop, appointed and confirmed by the Pope and recognized by the apostolic delegate in the United States, shall be valid and effectual.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-10 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-10
Renunciation of separate charters and joint incorporation
Status: in_force

The trustees of any two or more Reformed congregations, by whatever name known in their charters or acts of incorporation, may form one joint corporation in the following manner: Such trustees shall renounce or forego their separate charters or acts of incorporation by mutual consent in writing, under their hands and seals, which writing shall signify their intention to become one joint corporation and shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk. Such trustees shall also form themselves into one corporation in accordance with this chapter. Upon recording such writing, and after such joint incorporation, the former separate corporations shall cease and be dissolved, and all real and personal property held by them separately, shall vest in the trustees of the joint corporation, which trustees shall be the legal successors in office of the former separate bodies, and be liable to their debts.
N.J. Stat. § 16:17-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-3
Incorporation; meeting called; notice
Status: in_force

Any Spiritualist society, church or congregation in this state, referred to in this article as "church" , which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and rules of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, an auxiliary of the National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America, incorporated as a religious society under the laws of the District of Columbia, may incorporate in the following manner: A meeting shall be called by written notice signed by at least seven duly enrolled members of the church in good standing, who are of full age and have contributed regularly and have submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists and the National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America. The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and that it is called for the purpose of incorporating the church, selecting the corporate name therefor and electing the trustees thereof. The notice shall have the approval of the president or vice president, the treasurer and secretary of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists indorsed thereon, and shall be publicly read at each regular service of the church two successive Sundays next preceding the meeting.
N.J. Stat. § 16:7-1 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-1
Division of property on division or separation in unincorporated Society of Friends
Status: in_force

Rev.1877, p. 967, s.s. 60 to 64 (C.S. p. 4337, s.s. 63 to 67), entitled "An act relative to the property of the unincorporated Society of Friends in this state," passed February eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the division of real and personal property on division or separation in the unincorporated Society of Friends.]
N.J. Stat. § 16:6-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-2
§ 16:6-2
Status: in_force

A church or religious society shall be regarded as extinct when its membership is so reduced that it has not sufficient members to fill its offices, and has ceased to hold its regular meetings, and to keep its relation with any church having regular connection with such annual conference for a period of three consecutive years.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-12 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-12
Incorporation under this article
Status: in_force

When any Baptist church, the trustees of which are incorporated under article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), desires to incorporate under the provisions of this article and complies with the requirements of sections 16:2-1 and 16:2-2 of this title and files the certificate therein provided, such church shall thereupon become a corporation, with all the privileges and liabilities contained in this article. The corporation composed of the trustees of such church shall thereupon be dissolved, and the title to all the real and personal property of the former corporation shall vest in the new one.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-24 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-24
Change of corporate names; filing certificate
Status: in_force

The incorporated convention of any diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church may, by resolution at any regular meeting thereof, change the corporate name of the diocese or the corporate name of any or all boards of trustees selected by them, that have been or shall become incorporated. Such change shall take effect upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of the resolution, certified by the president and secretary of the convention, under their hands and seals, and acknowledged by them. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 145, s. 10, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 16:11-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-2
Certificate of incorporation; contents; acknowledgment; recording
Status: in_force

Such board of trustees shall make, sign and seal a certificate of incorporation as soon as possible after the first election, setting forth: a. The location of the usual place of meeting for public worship of the congregation; b. The names of the trustees elected at the first election and their respective terms of office; and c. The name chosen by the congregation by which the board of trustees shall be known. This certificate shall be acknowledged by each trustee before such officer and in such manner as may be required by law for the acknowledgment of deeds of lands, a certificate of which acknowledgment shall be indorsed in writing on the certificate of incorporation by the officer taking the same. The certificate, so acknowledged, shall then be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship is located and shall then be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, for which services the county clerk and the secretary of state shall be respectively entitled to the fees provided in section 22:2-19 and section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such board of trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name set forth in such certificate.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-8 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-8
Meetings of vestry
Status: in_force

Meetings of the vestry shall be called on at least twenty-four hours' notice by: a. The rector at any time; b. The wardens, if there is no rector, or if the rector is absent from the diocese for three calendar months, or is incapable of acting, or if the rector has refused to call the meeting within one week after the receipt of a request signed by a majority of the members of the vestry; or c. A majority of the members of the vestry, in case of failure of the wardens to call such meeting within one week after the receipt of such request.
N.J. Stat. § 16:7-6 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-6
Contents of minutes
Status: in_force

The minutes shall include a detailed description of the real property in question, a list of the names of the trustees to be succeeded and the fact of the death of each such trustee. L.1971, c. 296, s. 5, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-10 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-10
Merger of two or more local churches
Status: in_force

Any 2 or more local churches of The United Methodist Church in this State may resolve to merge and become a single church in accordance with a plan of merger proposed by the charge conference of each of the merging churches. The terms and conditions of such plan shall be stated in a resolution of each such charge conference adopted by a majority vote of the members having a right to vote who are present at a meeting of said members. Such resolution, which shall include the name under which such merger shall take place, shall be submitted to a meeting of the members of each merging church, called by the pastor or the charge conference or the district superintendent, provided that not less than 10 days notice of each meeting and its main purpose shall be given to the members of each church in writing or from the pulpit or in the weekly bulletin. If a majority of the members of each church having the right to vote, who are present and vote at such meetings, consent thereto, a certificate thereof shall be made, executed and verified by the chairman and secretary of each such meeting, and approved by the district superintendent or superintendents. The certificates as so executed, verified and approved on behalf of each of the merging churches shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county or counties where such churches are located and in the office of the Secretary of State. Thereupon such churches shall be merged, and the merged church shall, by the name so adopted, be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal property, rights, powers, privileges and franchises belonging to each church so merging, subject to all its debts, obligations and liabilities. Title to the church property of the merging churches shall be held in the trustees of the merged church elected in accordance with the provisions of this act. L.1968, c. 235, s. 9, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-6 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-6
Members and officers.
Status: in_force

16:12-6. The rector shall be a member and the presiding officer of every such corporation, but if there be no rector, the wardens and vestrymembers shall constitute the corporation, and one of the wardens shall be elected the presiding officer. A clerk or secretary, who shall be one of the vestrymembers, and a treasurer shall be elected annually by the vestry, in such manner and subject to such restrictions as may be provided by the by-laws. amended 2017, c.151, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 16:3-7 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7
§ 16:3-7
Status: in_force

Any such corporation may, at a regular or special meeting of its enrolled members, duly called for the purpose, change its corporate title or the number of its trustees, by a two-thirds vote of those present, who are twenty-one years of age. A certificate shall thereupon be executed by the chairman and clerk of the meeting in the same manner as provided for the execution of the certificate of incorporation and shall be immediately filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the church is located, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the change shall take effect.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-13 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-13
Sections inapplicable to Reformed churches
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 16:1-1, 16:1-2, 16:1-9, 16:1-13, 16:1-14, 16:1-15 and 16:1-16 of this title shall not be construed to extend to or affect the Reformed churches of this state.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-6 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-6
§ 16:2-6
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of every such corporation shall, as soon as practicable after their election, organize for business by appointing one of their number president, who shall have custody of the deeds and muniments of title of the corporate property.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
§ 16:13-5
Status: in_force

The corporation may, from time to time, appoint a fit person belonging to such congregation, who shall keep the minutes, and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation, in a book to be kept for that purpose, have custody of the common seal and the papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or relating to such corporation, and who shall deliver the same, when demanded, to the corporation, under such pecuniary penalty as it shall have previously fixed and ordained.
N.J. Stat. § 16:15-16 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-16
§ 16:15-16
Status: in_force

Any diocesan or other religious organization incorporated under and by virtue of any law of this state, may organize under this article. Upon filing a certificate according to section 16:15-9 of this title, together with a certificate signed by the trustees of such existing association consenting to such organization, all the right, title and interest of such association in any real or personal property, and all its franchises and charter rights, shall be vested in such corporation, subject to all legal disabilities of such association, and the original incorporation of the association shall then be null and void.
N.J. Stat. § 16:16-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-5
§ 16:16-5
Status: in_force

The Ruthenian Catholic bishop appointed by the Pope as aforesaid shall, by virtue of his office, be the president of the board of trustees and of the corporation, and may convene the trustees as occasion may require.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-1 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
Incorporation
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "Reformed" congregation, church or society means and includes those which were formerly designated by the name "Reformed Dutch" congregation, church or society. The minister or ministers, elders and deacons, for the time being, or if there be no minister or ministers, the elders and deacons, for the time being, of every Reformed congregation, shall be trustees of the same and become a corporation by the name such trustees shall assume, in the following manner: Such trustees shall certify the name they assume under their hands and seals, and transmit the certificate to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the trustees shall be a corporation by the name and title stated in such certificate.
N.J. Stat. § 16:7-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-2
Title to property; appointment of trustee
Status: in_force

The members of any Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, may, from time to time, at any of their business meetings, appoint one or more trustees to take and hold title to real property placed in trust by deed or indenture for the use and benefit of such meeting, provided that the sole or surviving trustee named in such deed or indenture, or in a subsequent deed or indenture, being the most recent in a series, has died without conveying such real property to another trustee or trustees. L.1971, c. 296, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-21 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-21
§ 16:12-21
Status: in_force

Such trustees shall have the management and care of any fund already existing, or which may hereafter be contributed, acquired or received, and any accumulations thereof, for the support of the episcopate of the diocese, and the appropriation of the income of the fund for that purpose, according to the direction to be from time to time given by the convention of the diocese. Such trustees may also take and hold by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, any property, funds or securities of any kind in trust for religious, ecclesiastical, charitable or educational purposes, appertaining to or under the control of the convention or other ecclesiastical authority of the diocese, and may carry out the objects of such trust, if consistent with the constitution, canons or laws of such church.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-12 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-12
Proceeds from sale or mortgage not available for current church expense
Status: in_force

The real estate on which a church building or parsonage of a local church of The United Methodist Church is located shall not be mortgaged or encumbered to provide for the current expense of such church, nor shall the principal of the proceeds of the sale of any such property be so used. L.1968, c. 235, s. 11, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 16:1-42 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-42
§ 16:1-42
Status: in_force

Vacancies in the board of trustees shall be filled by the convention or other governing body, which may provide that vacancies occurring in trusteeships held by persons selected in accordance with the provisions of section 16:1-41 of this title shall be filled by their successors in office.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-7 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-7
Powers
Status: in_force

An incorporated local church of, or other incorporated organization connected with, The United Methodist Church shall have such powers as may be granted to and provided for a religious corporation under the laws of this State. L.1968, c. 235, s. 6, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 16:4-4 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4
§ 16:4-4
Status: in_force

The corporation may elect annually, or oftener if necessary or expedient, one of its own members to be president, who shall keep the minutes and enter the orders and proceedings of the corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall have the custody of the common seal, and the papers, documents, deeds, writings and books of or relating to the corporation, and may convene the corporation as occasion may require.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-13 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-13
Written acknowledged consent to sale or transfer of real property; effect
Status: in_force

The written acknowledged consent by the appropriate district superintendent to any sale, conveyance or transfer of real property by a local church of, or by an organization connected with, The United Methodist Church shall constitute a release and discharge of such property from any right, title or interest of The United Methodist Church, and in the case of a mortgage such consent shall constitute a formal recognition of the priority of the mortgage lien, whether or not the deed of conveyance to such local church or organization contained a trust clause in favor of The United Methodist Church. L.1968, c. 235, s. 12, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 16:5-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-2
Incorporation validated
Status: in_force

L.1884, c. 178, s. 1, p. 263 (C.S. p. 4352, s. 118), being section one of an act entitled "An act to confirm the incorporation and proceedings of Evangelical Lutheran churches in the state of New Jersey," approved April twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, saved from repeal. [Evangelical Lutheran congregations organized under act of 1846 were declared to be bodies corporate, and certain of their acts were validated by this act.]
N.J. Stat. § 16:20-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-2
Applicability of act
Status: in_force

2. This act applies to any unincorporated church in this State and any unincorporated diocese or archdiocese located in whole or in part in this State affiliated with the Coptic Orthodox Church and to any church, diocese or archdiocese heretofore incorporated in this State which desires to reincorporate pursuant to this act, except that nothing shall prevent or prohibit any church, diocese or archdiocese heretofore incorporated in this State affiliated with the Coptic Orthodox Church from maintaining and continuing that affiliation enjoyed at the time of the effective date of this act should that church, diocese or archdiocese determine not to reincorporate pursuant to this act. L.1993,c.148,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 16:1-25 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-25
§ 16:1-25
Status: in_force

No rector, wardens or vestrymen, or trustees, consistory or session of any incorporated church, congregation or religious society of this state shall divert the estate, property or revenue belonging thereto to any purpose other than the support and maintenance of the church or religious or benevolent institution or object connected with the church or denomination to which the corporation belongs. The highest judicatory of any denomination from which property is attempted to be diverted in violation hereof, may enforce this provision, but nothing herein contained shall prevent action being taken by members of the congregation or otherwise to enforce such provision.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-4 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-4
Consent by bishop, committee required for certain transactions.
Status: in_force

16:12-4. No sale, conveyance or mortgage of any real estate other than burial lots in churchyards or cemeteries, and no lease for a longer term than one year shall be made by such corporation without the previous written consent of the bishop and a majority of the standing committee of the diocese within which the corporation is located, or in case of a vacancy in the office of bishop, or of the bishop's absence from the diocese, then of a majority of the standing committee. Such consent shall be acknowledged or proved and recorded with the deed, lease, mortgage or instrument of conveyance. Without such consent the sale, conveyance, mortgage or lease shall be void. amended 2017, c.151, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-7 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-7
§ 16:13-7
Status: in_force

The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, shall be valid and effectual. No member shall be allowed to vote on any matter which immediately affects himself, his private interest or emolument.
N.J. Stat. § 16:4-2 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2
Trustees; powers
Status: in_force

The persons so signing such certificate shall be the trustees of the corporation, and they and their successors shall by such name of incorporation have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 16:12-13 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13
Special parish meetings.
Status: in_force

16:12-13. Special meetings of the parish for any of the purposes provided in this article may be called by the rector at any time, or if there be no rector, by the wardens, upon the same notice as prescribed in R.S.16:12-10. The notice shall specify the object for which the meeting is called, and no vote shall be taken upon any question not specified in the notice. Special meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as the meetings for the annual election, but the votes may be counted and declared forthwith upon any question except the election of wardens and vestrymembers. amended 2017, c.151, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 16:19-6 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-6
§ 16:19-6
Status: in_force

The trustees shall elect at their first meeting one of their number to be the president of the board of trustees. The president may convene the board as occasion may require, preside at the meetings thereof, and may execute, for and in the name of the board of trustees, all contracts, deeds, leases, mortgages or other instruments required to be executed by the board. In case of his absence, sickness, death, resignation or removal from the limits of the association, the board of trustees shall elect one of their number to fill the office of president for the time being, who shall occupy the same until the disability of the president is removed or until the election of his successor.
N.J. Stat. § 16:10A-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-5
Alteration or amendment of certificate of incorporation
Status: in_force

Any local church of, or any other organization connected with, The United Methodist Church now or hereafter incorporated may alter or amend its certificate of incorporation in the same manner as provided by this act for the incorporation of a local church or of such other organization; provided, however, that the notice of meeting shall state the alterations or amendments to be considered; and provided further, that no alteration or amendment shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this act or the discipline of The United Methodist Church. Any such alteration or amendment shall become operative when an amended certificate of incorporation has been signed by the president or vice-president and secretary and acknowledged as in the case of deeds to real estate, and filed as provided by this act for an original certificate of incorporation. L.1968, c. 235, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 3, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 16:3-5 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5
§ 16:3-5
Status: in_force

The enrolled members of any such church, who are twenty-one years of age, may assemble at a duly called regular or special meeting, and may at such meeting fill any vacancies in the board of trustees or elect new ones, by the same vote required for the election of the first trustees.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-9 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-9
Trustees; election; tenure; notice of meeting
Status: in_force

The members of any such incorporated church may, upon the notice prescribed by section 16:2-1 of this title, by the vote required for the election of first trustees by such section, elect trustees for the purposes and at the times provided by section 16:1-9 of this title. The term of office of such trustees may be regulated by by-law or resolution of such church, adopted before their election, but, in the absence of such regulation, such trustees shall hold office for one year from the date of their election and until their successors are chosen. No election of trustees of any such church, except the first election, shall be deemed invalid by reason of failure to give the aforementioned notice of the meeting for the election of trustees, if the time of such election is regulated by a rule or standing resolution of the church.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-8 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-8
§ 16:2-8
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall have the care, custody and oversight of the property of such incorporated church, except moneys raised for the support of the pastor or for benevolent objects. It shall not have the power, without express authority from the church itself for so doing, to alienate, sell or encumber such property, close the house of worship to the business or religious meetings of such church, or permit the same to be used for other than such meetings, or to buy, build or otherwise involve the church in expense aside from the ordinary expenditures incurred by the proper care, repair and preservation of its property.
N.J. Stat. § 16:15-10 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-10
§ 16:15-10
Status: in_force

The bishop, vicar-general, or administrator, as the case may be, and the chancellor of such diocese, together with the two priests elected as aforesaid, shall be the first trustees of such corporation. Such two priests shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are appointed in the manner provided in section 16:15-9 of this title, but shall be trustees only while in good standing, according to the statutes of such diocese and the canons of the Roman Catholic Church, and approved by the bishop, or in his absence by the vicar-general or by such administrator. The office of either of such priests shall become vacant by his removal out of such diocese, or in the discretion and on the direction of the bishop. The successor in office for the time being of such bishop, vicar-general or administrator and such chancellor, respectively, shall, by virtue of his office, be a trustee of such corporation in place of his predecessor.
N.J. Stat. § 16:15A-6 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-6
Reincorporation of Russian Orthodox church
Status: in_force

Any heretofore incorporated Russian Orthodox church may reincorporate under the provisions of this chapter by filing in the office of the clerk of the county in which its principal place of worship is located a certificate, signed by the trustees in office at the time of such reincorporation, or a majority of them, stating that they desire to reincorporate under the provisions of this chapter, the corporate name by which such church shall be known, its principal place of worship, the number of its trustees and their names and terms of office. Such certificate shall be acknowledged or proved in the same manner as deeds of real estate. Immediately upon the filing and recording of such certificate all of the right, title and interest of such church in any real or personal property and all of its franchises and charter rights shall be vested in the corporation so created, subject to all legal liabilities of such church, and the original incorporation of such church shall be null and void. L.1945, c. 139, p. 507, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 16:19-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-3
Board of trustees; name; terms; certified copy of proceedings filed
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any such association may elect 8 or more persons, of whom, when elected by the directors of any Young Men's Christian Association, no more than one-third shall be members of any one religious denomination, who, with the president of the association for the time being, shall constitute a board of trustees of such association, by name of, the trustees of: a. The Young Men's Christian Association of ...................................... ; or b. The Young Women's Christian Association of ..................................... ; or c. The Young Men's Hebrew Association of ....................................... ; or d. The Young Women's Hebrew Association of ....................................... ; or e. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of ....................................... , as the case may be, the blank to be filled in according to the proper name of the association. The trustees shall hold office for life, or for such term as the constitution or by-laws of the association may provide and until their successors shall be elected by the board of directors. A certified copy of the proceedings of any such election by the board of directors, and the written acceptance of such offices by the persons so elected, signed by their names and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds in this State, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the association is located, who shall forthwith record the same, for which service the county clerk shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the Title, Fees and Costs. Thereupon such trustees shall be a corporation by the name as aforesaid. Amended by L.1953, c. 63, p. 974, s. 1; L.1956, c. 151, p. 619, s. 1, eff. Sept. 10, 1956.
N.J. Stat. § 16:15-15 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-15
§ 16:15-15
Status: in_force

Any corporation created under this article shall not be dissolved by failure to continue the succession of trustees thereof at any time specified for the election of any such trustees.
N.J. Stat. § 16:5-18 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-18
Corporate name; determination; resolution; required vote
Status: in_force

The corporate name of the congregation shall be determined by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the said members of the congregation or of the intended charter members present and voting. L.1957, c. 82, p. 156, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-8 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8
§ 16:13-8
Status: in_force

The trustees of any Reformed congregation, by whatever name incorporated, may renounce or forego the charter or act by which they were incorporated and their name, by writing under their hands and seals and recorded with the county clerk, if the ministers, elders and deacons, or elders and deacons of the congregation, as the case may require, incorporate themselves pursuant to this chapter. Upon such incorporation and recording of such writing, their former incorporation shall cease and be dissolved, and all the real and personal property shall vest in the corporation formed under this chapter, the trustees of which shall be the legal successors in office to those of the former corporation and liable to their debts.
N.J. Stat. § 16:20-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-3
Procedure for becoming incorporated as a church
Status: in_force

3. An unincorporated church in this State may become incorporated as a church by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name by which that church shall be known in the county and municipality where its principal place of worship is, or is intended to be located. A certificate of incorporation of an unincorporated church in this State shall be executed and acknowledged by the Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese in which its place of worship is located and by two or more persons who shall be appointed by the bishop from among the priests and deacons of that church. Upon filing that certificate of incorporation, that church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate. L.1993,c.148,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 16:16-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-3
§ 16:16-3
Status: in_force

The persons so executing and acknowledging such certificate shall be the trustees of the corporation and they and their successors shall, by the name of incorporation, have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 16:5-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-3
Certain provisions of title extended to Lutheran Church Congregations
Status: in_force

The provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this Title relating to the incorporation, and the rights, privileges and duties of religious societies and congregations, shall be applicable to all Lutheran Church Congregations except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this Title and this chapter of this Title, the provisions of this chapter, as amended and supplemented, shall govern. Each incorporated Lutheran Church Congregation shall be subject to the laws and discipline of the synod and church with which it is affiliated. Amended by L.1957, c. 82, p. 155, s. 2; L.1962, c. 53, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 16:13-12 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12
§ 16:13-12
Status: in_force

The rights and customs of the Reformed Church in America to conduct their affairs and to convey or mortgage their property by a majority vote of their consistory are hereby confirmed. Any law passed before March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred, requiring the reference of such matters to a vote of the congregation shall not apply to the Reformed Church of America.
N.J. Stat. § 16:2-3 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3
Powers; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Every such corporation shall have all the powers and liabilities of corporations enumerated in article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), and may make rules and regulations for the transaction of its business, number and election of its officers, the support of public worship, the calling to and dismissal from the pastoral office, the regulation of the proceedings of the board of trustees and the defining of the duties and powers of such board.
N.J. Stat. § 16:1-14 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-14
Convening of corporation and execution of contracts
Status: in_force

The president may convene the corporation as occasion may require, preside at the meetings and execute all contracts. In his absence, sickness, death, resignation, refusal to act, or removal out of the limits of the religious society or congregation, his office shall devolve on the vice-president or the officer designated in the by-laws for the purpose, who shall occupy the same until the return or recovery of the president, or the election of another. Amended by L.1955, c. 124, p. 607, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 16:15-14 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-14
§ 16:15-14
Status: in_force

The proceedings, orders, acts, contracts or obligations of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the written sanction of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar-general, or in case of a vacancy in their office, such administrator, shall be valid and effectual.
N.J. Stat. § 16:1-37 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-37
Incorporation; certificate; trustees; tenure
Status: in_force

Any diocesan convention, presbytery, classis, synod, annual conference, or other governing body having jurisdiction over a number of incorporated or unincorporated churches, congregations or societies of any church or religious denomination in this state, may, at any stated or regularly convened meeting, elect trustees for the purpose of incorporation. The presiding officer and clerk or secretary of such governing body shall prepare a certificate in writing, under their hands and seals, immediately after such election, setting forth: a. The name or title of such corporation; b. The names of the trustees and their terms of office. This certificate shall be duly acknowledged by the presiding officer and clerk or secretary and shall be filed by them in the office of the secretary of state, whereupon such trustees shall be a corporation by the name mentioned therein, capable of taking, holding, managing, and dealing with real and personal property. Such governing body may elect more than one set of trustees in manner aforesaid, who may become incorporated in like manner, and who shall adopt such names as shall distinguish and designate them, reference being had to the object of their trust. The trustees shall be elected for three years, one or more each year, except that the first trustees shall be elected, one-third of the number for one year, one-third for two years and one-third for three years.
N.J. Stat. § 16:3-11 — NJ Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Certificate; contents; filing and recording; consolidation effected on; property
Status: in_force

The chairman and clerk of such meeting shall make, sign and acknowledge before any person authorized to take the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in this state a certificate in writing setting forth: a. The adoption of the agreement of consolidation; b. The name assumed as the corporate title; and c. The number and names of the trustees and the term of office of each. This certificate shall be transmitted to the clerk of the county in which such church is located, who shall file and record the same forthwith, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon said trustees and their successors shall be a corporation under this chapter by the title stated in such certificate, in which new corporation the churches uniting shall be consolidated and which new corporation shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal property of both the churches consolidated therein, in like manner and to the same extent as such churches so consolidating, subject to all their debts and liabilities.