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NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-11 - Certificate; contents; filing and recording; consolidation effected on; property

16:3-11. Certificate; contents; filing and recording; consolidation effected on; property  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:4-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:4-1 - Incorporation

16:4-1. Incorporation  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:4-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:4-2 - Trustees; powers

16:4-2. Trustees; powers  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:4-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:4-3 - Trustees; succession; filling vacancies

16:4-3. Trustees; succession; filling vacancies  The successor in office for the time being of such pastor shall, by virtue of his office, be the trustee of such church or congregation in place of his predecessor. The office of any of the trustees shall become vacant by his removal out of the limits of the church or congregation, and whenever the office of any trustee, except the pastor, shall become vacant for any reason whatsoever, his successor shall be chosen in the manner herein provided for the selection of the original members of the board of trustees.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:4-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:4-4 - President; powers and duties

16:4-4. President; powers and duties  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:4-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:4-5 - Corporate action by majority vote of members

16:4-5. Corporate action by majority vote of members  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:4-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:4-6 - Revival of corporation dissolved for failure to continue succession of trustees

16:4-6. Revival of corporation dissolved for failure to continue succession of trustees  If any corporation created under or by virtue of the provisions of this chapter shall be dissolved by failure to continue the succession of the trustees thereof, it may be revived and the church or congregation incorporated under this chapter, in the mode herein prescribed, at any time within six years from the date of the dissolution, and thereupon all the property, real and personal, belonging to the dissolved corporation at the time of its dissolution, shall vest in such new corporation.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-1 - Incorporation

16:5-1. Incorporation  Any Lutheran Church Congregation may, at the option of a majority of the adult members thereof, incorporate under the provisions of this chapter as amended and supplemented. Amended by L.1957, c. 82, p. 154, s. 1; L.1962, c. 53, p. 238, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-2 - Incorporation validated

16:5-2. Incorporation validated  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.]
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-3 - Certain provisions of title extended to Lutheran Church Congregations

16:5-3. Certain provisions of title extended to Lutheran Church Congregations  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-4 - Lutheran Synod or District; formation

16:5-4. Lutheran Synod or District; formation  Any general organization for this State formed by ordained ministers and congregations of the Lutheran Church, at a convention, conference or meeting, held within or without this State, attended by said ordained ministers and accredited delegates or representatives of such congregations, and in which organization all the congregations of that denomination, holding and confessing the doctrine of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, are, or are entitled to be, represented at such convention, conference or meeting, may, by resolution, form a Lutheran Synod or District and any such synod or district may be incorporated in the manner provided in this act. L.1950, c. 84, p. 146, s. 1. Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 3; L.1972, c. 138, s. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-5 - Board of trustees

16:5-5. Board of trustees  The said ordained ministers and delegates or representatives of the said congregations at such convention, conference or meeting shall elect a board of trustees to consist of not less than ten nor more than twenty-nine trustees.  L.1950,c.84,s.2; amended 1991,c.69,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-6 - Certificate; filing; fee

16:5-6. Certificate; filing; fee  The trustees so elected, or the presiding officer and secretary, or acting secretary, of such convention, conference or meeting, on behalf of said trustees, shall make a certificate, as hereinafter provided, under their hands and seals, and file it in the office of the Secretary of State. The fee for the filing of any such certificate shall be as provided in section 22A:4-1 of the New Jersey Statutes. L.1950, c. 84, p. 147, s. 3. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 144, s. 8, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-7 - Contents of certificate

16:5-7. Contents of certificate  Any such certificate shall set forth: (a) The name or title or such corporation, which shall include the word "Lutheran" as part thereof and may include the name "Lutheran Synod of New Jersey" or any other name, and may include other words or initials to identify such corporation; (b) The names and addresses of the trustees constituting the first board of trustees of the corporation; (c) The object of the corporation; (d) The location of the corporation's principal office or of its customary activities and, if so desired, the place of its annual convention, conference or meeting; (e) Such other provisions as may be determined upon at the said convention, conference or meeting as may be proper to carry out the object of the corporation and which are not inconsistent with the general laws of this State relating to religious corporations nor with the doctrines held and confessed by the said Lutheran churches. L.1950, c. 84, p. 147, s. 4. Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 4; L.1972, c. 138, s. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-8 - Written certificate required; acknowledgment

16:5-8. Written certificate required; acknowledgment  The said certificate shall be in writing and shall be duly acknowledged by the said trustees or the said officers in the same manner as deeds to convey title to real property are required to be acknowledged to be recorded. L.1950, c. 84, p. 147, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-9 - Constitution

16:5-9. Constitution  Any such corporation shall adopt a constitution defining its doctrinal basis and setting forth the qualifications and voting powers of its members and its affiliations and relationship to constituent congregations and other bodies and providing for the management of its corporate affairs and the distribution of its functions and powers to sessions, conferences, boards, committees and officers. L.1950, c. 84, p. 148, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-10 - By-laws

16:5-10. By-laws  Any such corporation may also adopt by-laws for the regulation of its corporate affairs, including the meetings of the members, officers, committees, sessions and conferences and such other matters as shall be deemed proper. L.1950, c. 84, p. 148, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-11 - Officers and committees

16:5-11. Officers and committees  Any such constitution may provide for the holding ex officio of certain offices and positions and for an executive and other committees of the board of trustees. Any such constitution may also provide for acting officers, the filling of vacancies and succession in the membership of the board of trustees and in the offices of the corporation. L.1950, c. 84, p. 148, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-12 - Powers of corporation

16:5-12. Powers of corporation  Every such corporation shall have the general powers conferred by law upon incorporated religious societies and, in addition, shall have the following powers: (a) To establish, erect, maintain and manage churches, colleges, seminaries, and all other religious, educational and eleemosynary institutions and agencies; (b) To acquire by deed, gift, purchase, bequest, devise, merger, consolidation, combination, reversion, or by judicial order or judgment, or otherwise, real or personal property, in fee, trust, or otherwise, and to hold, grant, sell, convey, lease, mortgage, invest, improve or dispose of the same for the uses and purposes of the corporation; (c) To sue and be sued and to be impleaded in any court; (d) To adopt and use a common seal; (e) To have perpetual succession as such corporation; (f) To have all other powers necessary and proper to the carrying out of the above enumerated powers, and the purposes of such corporation and its institutions. (g) To combine, consolidate or merge with any incorporated conference of ministers and congregations of similar doctrine and confession in the same manner as in the case of combinations, consolidations or mergers of corporations organized for purposes other than for pecuniary profit. L.1950, c. 84, p. 148, s. 9. Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-13 - Strife and division in congregation; settlement; title and disposition of property

16:5-13. Strife and division in congregation; settlement; title and disposition of property  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-15 - Manner of incorporation of Lutheran Church Congregation; organizational meeting; notice

16:5-15. Manner of incorporation of Lutheran Church Congregation; organizational meeting; notice  The incorporation of a Lutheran Church Congregation shall be secured in the following manner: An organization meeting or a special meeting of the members of the congregation, or of the intended charter members of the congregation, shall be called either by the council of the congregation or by 5 or more of the said intended charter members. Notice of any such meeting shall be given at least 10 days previous to the date of the meeting by posting such notice in a conspicuous place on or near to the premises where the congregation customarily conducts its public worship or, instead of such posting, notice may be given by ordinary mail addressed to each confirmed member of the congregation in good standing, at least 10 days before the date of the meeting, or to each of the intended charter members of the congregation, as the case may be. If the congregation shall have by-laws or other rules and regulations pertaining to the giving of notice of an organization or special meeting of the congregation, such by-laws, rules and regulations shall be complied with. The said notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to decide whether the congregation shall be incorporated. L.1957, c. 82, p. 155, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-16 - Resolution of incorporation; number of trustees; election; terms

16:5-16. Resolution of incorporation; number of trustees; election; terms  If at such meeting a majority of the adult confirmed members in good standing, or of the intended charter members, shall decide by resolution to incorporate the congregation, they shall then by resolution determine the number of trustees to be elected, which number shall be not less than 5 nor more than 24. Thereupon, the meeting shall proceed to the election of such trustees. The trustees first chosen shall serve for terms to be fixed but not to exceed 3 years and, thereafter, the terms of the trustees shall be fixed by the by-laws of the incorporated congregation to be adopted as hereinafter provided. L.1957, c. 82, p. 155, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-17 - Trustees; terms; vacancies

16:5-17. Trustees; terms; vacancies  The terms of the trustees' offices may be so arranged as to provide that not more than 1/3 of the trustees shall be elected in any 1 year but no such term shall be for more than 3 years. It may be provided that vacancies caused by other than expiration of term shall be filled for unexpired terms. L.1957, c. 82, p. 156, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-18 - Corporate name; determination; resolution; required vote

16:5-18. Corporate name; determination; resolution; required vote  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-19 - Certificate of incorporation; contents; acknowledgment

16:5-19. Certificate of incorporation; contents; acknowledgment  If it shall be so decided to incorporate the congregation, a certificate of incorporation shall be made, signed and sealed by the trustees or by such officers as shall be designated by the said board of trustees, which certificate shall recite the calling of the meeting, the giving of the notice thereof and an abstract of the proceedings of the meeting sufficient to show that a majority or said members of the congregation, or of the intended charter members, voted in favor of the incorporation of the congregation, and shall further certify the number of trustees chosen and the names and addresses of the trustees first chosen. The said certificate shall also set forth the corporate name of the corporation as determined at the meeting. The said certificate shall be acknowledged by each trustee or other officer in the same manner as is required by law for the acknowledgment of deeds of real property, and a certificate of the acknowledgment shall be endorsed in writing on the said certificate of incorporation by the official taking the same. L.1957, c. 82, p. 156, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-20 - Certificate; filing; recording; effect

16:5-20. Certificate; filing; recording; effect  The certificate so acknowledged shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State and a certified copy thereof shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship is located. The Secretary of State and the county clerk shall be entitled to the fees provided in Title 22A of the New Jersey Statutes. Upon such filing and recording, the congregation shall be a corporation by the corporate name set forth in such certificate. L.1957, c. 82, p. 157, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-21 - Members; voting rights

16:5-21. Members; voting rights  Every member of the congregation in good standing shall be a member of the corporation but only those members who are authorized to vote by the by-laws of the corporation shall be entitled to vote. L.1957, c. 82, p. 157, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-22 - Powers

16:5-22. Powers  The corporation shall have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of the Revised Statutes, except that no sale or conveyance of any real property owned by the corporation or mortgage upon any property of the corporation or purchase of real property by the corporation shall be made unless previously authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a duly called annual or other meeting of the members of the corporation or by such vote in excess of a majority of the votes cast as may be provided by the by-laws of the corporation. L.1957, c. 82, p. 157, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:5-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:5-23 - Meetings; by-laws

16:5-23. Meetings; by-laws  There shall be an annual meeting of the members of the corporation and such other meetings as shall be prescribed by the by-laws to be adopted for the management of the corporation, and the said by-laws may provide for the manner and method of executing deeds, bonds, mortgages, notes, contracts and all instruments of a legal nature by designated officers of the corporation whenever the corporation or the board of trustees authorizes the execution of any such contract or other legal instrument. The corporation may limit or restrict, or otherwise regulate the powers of the board of trustees. L.1957, c. 82, p. 157, s. 11.