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NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-9 - Trustees; election; tenure; notice of meeting

16:2-9. Trustees; election; tenure; notice of meeting  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-10 - Trustees; increase in number

16:2-10. Trustees; increase in number  Whenever any religious society of the Baptist denomination has incorporated trustees under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), it may increase the number of such trustees at any election held pursuant to section 16:1-9 of this title, after notice of the intention to elect the additional trustees, given in the manner and for the time prescribed in section 16:1-1 of this title, by electing an additional number of persons, not exceeding fifteen, trustees.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-11 - Law applicable

16:2-11. Law applicable  The provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.) shall be applicable to any Baptist churches which do not avail themselves of the special provisions of this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-12 - Incorporation under this article

16:2-12. Incorporation under this article  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-13 - Consolidation

16:2-13. Consolidation  Any Baptist church, incorporated under any law of this state, may resolve to merge and consolidate with any other Baptist church by a two-thirds vote of the members having the right to vote, who are present at a meeting of said church duly called, and held upon the notice required by section 16:2-1 of this title. Such church shall make a certificate of the adoption of the resolution of the members to merge or consolidate and the name of the consolidated corporation over its corporate seal and the signature of the president and secretary or clerk of the meeting, or the president and secretary of its board of trustees, and shall verify it by the affidavit of such officers. The certificate shall then be presented to the incorporated Baptist church with which it is resolved to merge and consolidate and the same shall be submitted to a meeting of the members of the latter church. If two-thirds of the members present and voting at such meeting consent thereto, a certificate thereof shall be made, executed and verified in the same manner as is required of the certificate of merger and consolidation. This certificate shall be attached to the first, and both shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the churches are located. Thereupon said churches shall be consolidated, merged or united, and the church with which such merger, consolidation and union is effected shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal property, rights, powers, privileges and franchises belonging to such church so merging, consolidating and uniting, but subject to all its debts and liabilities.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-14 - Change of name

16:2-14. Change of name  Any Baptist church in this state, however incorporated, may change its corporate name by a majority vote of its members present at a meeting held in the church building or usual place of meeting, and called upon the same notice as prescribed in section 16:2-1 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-15 - Certificate of change; recording

16:2-15. Certificate of change; recording  A certificate in writing, setting forth and certifying that notice of such meeting had been given in accordance with section 16:2-14 of this title, the former name of such church, the name to which it has been changed and such other proceedings as may have been had concerning the change of name at such meeting, shall be signed by the chairman or presiding officer of the meeting and by the clerk thereof, and shall be duly verified by the oath or affirmation of the clerk. The certificate shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such church is located, whereupon the church shall be known by the name, title and designation to which the same has been changed, and shall, by that name, be entitled to all the benefits and privileges and be subject to all the limitations and restrictions as it was before such change was made.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-16 - Dissolution

16:2-16. Dissolution  Any Baptist church incorporated under any law of this state may dissolve by a two-thirds vote of the members, entitled to vote, present and voting at a meeting held in its meetinghouse or usual place of assembly for worship, after at least ten days' notice set up at or near such place of meeting. A certificate of the adoption of the resolution of the members to dissolve over the corporate seal of said church and the signature of the presiding officer and clerk or secretary of the meeting, or the president and secretary of the board of trustees, and verified by the officers signing it, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county where such church is located. Thereupon such church shall be dissolved, and the trustees shall remain trustees for the purpose of settling the affairs, in the same manner and with the same powers as are conferred by law upon directors of corporations that are dissolved.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-17 - Incorporation; powers and privileges

16:2-17. Incorporation; powers and privileges  Any association composed of representatives from Baptist churches may incorporate in the following manner: At any regular meeting such association shall adopt a name and resolve to be incorporated by such name. The clerk, secretary or person having custody of the minutes of the association shall make a certificate embodying such resolution, duly verify it by oath, and file the same in the office of the secretary of state. Thereupon such association shall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate, with the same powers and privileges, and subject to the same restrictions, as if incorporated under article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-18 - Change of name; certificate; filing

16:2-18. Change of name; certificate; filing  Any association of Baptist churches, incorporated under the laws of this state, may change its corporate name by a majority vote of its members assembled at any regular meeting, specifying by such vote the new name. A certificate of such vote, stating the old and the new names of the association, over the hand of the presiding officer of the association and attested by the clerk, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Thereupon such association shall be known by the new name so adopted, and shall, by such new name, have, hold and retain all its property, and possess and enjoy the same rights and powers and be subject to the same liabilities as if the name had not been changed.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-19 - Disposition of property; reversionary interests; liens

16:2-19. Disposition of property; reversionary interests; liens  All the real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any Baptist church or Baptist religious society or belonging to or held in trust for any Seventh-Day Baptist church or Seventh-Day Baptist religious society that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the New Jersey Baptist Missionary Convention, its successors and assigns, in the case of a Baptist church or Baptist religious society, and in the case of a Seventh-Day Baptist church or Seventh-Day Baptist religious society, the property of the Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary Society, its successors and assigns. The title to any Baptist church or religious society held by any Baptist association of this state, or the reversionary interest of any person in the property of such Baptist or Seventh-Day Baptist church or religious society, or any valid lien thereon, shall not be affected by anything contained herein.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-20 - Dissolution of church

16:2-20. Dissolution of church  Any Baptist church or religious society or any Seventh-Day Baptist church or religious society in this State, which has ceased, or failed to maintain religious worship, or services, or to use its property for religious worship or services according to the tenets, usages and customs of Baptist churches in this State, or of Seventh-Day Baptist churches which are members of the Seventh-Day Baptist General Conference, as the case may be, for the space of 2 consecutive years immediately prior to the commencement of the action; or whose membership has so diminished in numbers, or in financial strength, as to render it impossible or impracticable to maintain religious worship or services or to protect its property from exposure to waste and dilapidation, or to fulfill the purpose for which it was incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct. The Superior Court in a civil action, proceeding in a summary manner or otherwise, may dissolve any such church or religious society. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 142, s. 5; L.1963, c. 81, s. 3, eff. June 4, 1963.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:2-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:2-21 - Action for dissolution; disposition of property

16:2-21. Action for dissolution; disposition of property  Such an action may be brought by any member, trustee or officer of the New Jersey Baptist Missionary Convention or of the Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary Society, as the case may be, or any member of such church or society, when duly authorized by the board of managers of said New Jersey Baptist Missionary Convention, or the board of trustees of the Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary Society, as the case may be. If necessary or proper so to do, for any of the causes mentioned in section 16:2-20 of this Title, the court shall declare such church or society extinct, dissolving the same, and transferring to and vesting in the New Jersey Baptist Missionary Convention, or the Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary Society, as the case may be, any property, and the title and possession thereof, which may belong to such church or society, or which may be held in trust for it. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 143, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-1 - Incorporation; meeting for

16:3-1. Incorporation; meeting for  Any church of Christ, Scientist, in this state, which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the manual of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, hereinafter referred to as the mother church, may incorporate in the following manner: A meeting of the church shall be called by written notice, signed by six duly enrolled members of full age, setting forth the time and place of the meeting and that the meeting is for the purpose of incorporating the church, selecting a corporate name and electing trustees thereof. The notice shall be publicly read at each regular service of such church, on the two successive Sundays and the Wednesday next preceding the meeting. At the time and place so appointed, one of the signers of the notice shall call the meeting to order. A chairman, clerk and two inspectors of election shall then be elected. The clerk and the inspectors of election shall be the judges of the qualifications of the voters and shall receive the ballots cast. Only duly enrolled members of said church, in good and regular standing and of full age, shall be entitled to vote or act as officers at the meeting. Nine qualified voters shall constitute a quorum and all questions shall be decided by a majority vote of those present.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-2 - Meeting; facts to be determined; election of trustees; tenure

16:3-2. Meeting; facts to be determined; election of trustees; tenure  The meeting shall decide whether the church shall become incorporated and if it decides in favor of incorporation, it shall decide further: a. The corporate title, which shall be "Church of Christ, Scientist" , prefixed by "First" , "Second" , "Third" or other numerical designation, and followed by the name of the place where it shall be located; b. The date for holding the first annual election of the trustees; and c. The number of trustees of the church, which shall not be less than three. The meeting shall elect, by ballot, from the individuals qualified to vote thereat, the number of trustees so decided upon, which shall be divided into three classes to serve for one, two and three years respectively, or until their successors are elected and take office. Each trustee shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-3 - Certificate; contents; recording

16:3-3. Certificate; contents; recording  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 the meeting was called and organized in accordance with section 16:3-1 of this title; 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 by said chairman and secretary to the clerk of the county in which the church is located, whose duty it shall be to 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 by the name stated in the certificate.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-4 - Powers; sale of property subject to approval of members; by-laws

16:3-4. Powers; sale of property subject to approval of members; by-laws  Every such incorporated board of trustees elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have power to: Have perpetual succession by its corporate name; Sue and be sued; Adopt and use a common seal and alter the same; Purchase, lease, acquire, receive, have and hold any lands, tenements, hereditaments, legacies, donations, moneys, goods and chattels in trust for the use of the enrolled members of such church; and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof; provided, that no such sale, conveyance, mortgage or lease of any real property, held in trust as aforesaid shall be made unless previously authorized by two-thirds of the votes cast at a regular or special meeting of its enrolled members duly called for that purpose. Every church of Christ, Scientist, incorporated according to the provisions of this chapter shall have power to make such by-laws as are not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, or with the provisions of the manual of said the mother church. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 144, s. 7, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-5 - Trustees; filling vacancies; election

16:3-5. Trustees; filling vacancies; election  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-6 - Reincorporation under this chapter

16:3-6. Reincorporation under this chapter  Any church of Christ, Scientist, which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the manual of the mother church and incorporated under the provisions of any general, special or private act of this state, may incorporate under this chapter upon complying with sections 16:3-1 to 16:3-3 of this title, in the same manner as if it had not previously been incorporated. Where the trustees of the congregation of such church, so seeking to incorporate, are incorporated under article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), such congregation shall first decide, by a two-thirds vote of those present at a regular or special meeting duly called for that purpose, that the new corporation, when duly organized under this chapter, shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal estate of the old corporation, in like manner and to the same extent as the old corporation, subject to all its debts and liabilities. The certificate of the new corporation shall set forth that such congregational meeting was duly called and a copy of the resolution adopted at the meeting. Thereupon the former corporation shall be dissolved and the new corporation shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal estate of the former corporation, in like manner and to the same extent as the former corporation, but subject to all its debts and liabilities.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-7 - Changes; title; number of trustees

16:3-7. Changes; title; number of trustees  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-8 - Right to consolidate

16:3-8. Right to consolidate  Any church of Christ, Scientist, in this state, which is a branch of, and which is organized in accordance with the provisions of the manual of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, may unite and consolidate, under the conditions prescribed by said manual, with any other church of Christ, Scientist, in this state, which is such a branch and is so organized. The right to consolidate two such churches into one is conferred without regard to whether the churches to be consolidated are incorporated under this chapter or under any other general or special law of this state, and without regard to whether or not the churches to be consolidated are both incorporated under the same law.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-9 - Consolidation; agreement

16:3-9. Consolidation; agreement  Such consolidation may be effected in the following manner: A written agreement, setting forth the corporate title of the new church, the number of trustees of the new church, the date for holding the first annual election of trustees, and fixing the time and place for the first consolidated meeting of the duly enrolled members of such consolidating churches, shall be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the duly enrolled members of each of the churches to be consolidated, who are present at a regular or special meeting of the church, regularly called. This agreement, when adopted, shall be signed by the president or chairman of the board of trustees or directors and shall be attested by the secretary or clerk of each of the churches adopting it.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:3-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:3-10 - Consolidation; meeting; election of trustees; tenure

16:3-10. Consolidation; meeting; election of trustees; tenure  At the time and place fixed by the agreement for holding the first consolidated meeting of the churches that have entered into the agreement, the members of both churches shall meet. The meeting may be called to order by any member of either church. Only duly enrolled members, in good and regular standing, shall be entitled to vote or act as officers. Sixteen qualified voters shall constitute a quorum and all questions shall be decided by a majority vote of those present. A chairman and clerk and two inspectors of election shall be elected from the qualified voters present. The clerk of the meeting and the inspectors of election shall be the judges of the qualifications of the voters and shall receive the ballots cast. The meeting shall elect, by ballot, from the persons qualified to vote thereat, the number of trustees provided for by the agreement of consolidation, which shall be divided into three classes to serve for one, two and three years respectively, or until their successors are elected and take office. Each trustee shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast.