Title 16, Title 16: CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS

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. 1…

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, whi…

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 e…

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 …

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.

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 cor…

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…

16:5-24. Affiliation with constituent synod or district; acceptance of act by previously incorporated churches; certificate Every such incorporated congregation may affiliate itself with a constituent synod or district of the Lutheran Church or its successor but, after any such a…

16:5-25. Merger; consent; certificate Any incorporated Lutheran Church or congregation may merge, with the consent of the synod with which it is affiliated, with any other incorporated Lutheran Church or congregation with the consent of 2/3 of the members of each such church or c…

16:5-26. Disbanding or ceasing to function; passage of title to synod or district In the event that any incorporated Lutheran Church or congregation disbands, or ceases to function or to conduct public worship or fails to elect a board of trustees for more than 2 years after such…

16:5-27. Combinations, consolidations or mergers 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 corporation…

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 …

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 accredit…

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 …

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 i…

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 initi…

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.19…

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 manage…

16:6-1. Extinct Free Methodist churches or societies; disposition of property All real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any Free Methodist church or society which now is or may hereafter come under the supervision of the "Trustees of the New York Conference…

16:6-2. Extinct church or society defined 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 hav…

16:6-3. Conference; powers with relation to extinct churches or religious societies The "Trustees of the New York Conference of the Free Methodist Church" may, in pursuance of a resolution by it: a. Sell the property of any such extinct church or religious society and convey the …

16:7-1. Division of property on division or separation in unincorporated Society of Friends 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, …

16:7-2. Title to property; appointment of trustee 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 pla…

16:7-3. Trustee's title 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 perso…

16:7-4. Death of trustee; appointment of successor If all of the trustees appointed pursuant to this act have died, the members may, from time to time, at any of their business meetings, appoint one or more trustees to succeed them. L.1971, c. 296, s. 3, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

16:7-5. Certified copy of minutes of meeting; recording Any action taken by the members at a business meeting shall be duly recorded in the minutes thereof, and a copy of the minutes, certified as a true copy thereof by the secretary of such meeting, shall be filed for recording …

16:7-6. Contents of minutes 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.

16:8-1. Certain provisions of title extended to German Reformed churches The provisions of this title relating to the incorporation, the rights, privileges and duties of the Reformed, formerly the Reformed Dutch, churches shall be applicable to all German Reformed churches whose …

16:10A-1. The United Methodist Church; power to assume and use name; existing rights, powers, etc., not affected Notwithstanding any other general, special or local law, all religious corporations or churches heretofore authorized to use, or known by, the names "The Methodist Chu…

16:10A-10. Merger of two or more local churches 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 ter…

16:10A-11. Real property of local church; sale, transfer or mortgage; procedure and conditions 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 su…

16:10A-12. Proceeds from sale or mortgage not available for current church expense 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 c…

16:10A-13. Written acknowledged consent to sale or transfer of real property; effect 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 Un…

16:10A-14. Abandonment of local church All real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any local church of The United Methodist Church that has or shall become abandoned shall vest in and become the property of that annual conference of The United Methodist Churc…

16:10A-15. Voters; qualifications; majority vote To be qualified to vote at a meeting of the charge conference, or at a meeting of the membership of a local church of, or organization connected with, The United Methodist Church, when such meeting is held for the purpose of incorp…

16:10A-2. Incorporation of local churches; resolution; meeting; notice; name; trustees When so authorized and directed by the charge conference of any unincorporated local church duly organized in accordance with the Discipline of The United Methodist Church, the board of trustee…

16:10A-3. Certificate of incorporation; form and content Whenever a local church of The United Methodist Church shall have resolved to incorporate or reincorporate at a meeting held for such purpose, as provided by section 1 of this act, the duly elected trustees or appropriate o…

16:10A-4. Incorporation of society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with church Any society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with The United Methodist Church may incorporate, or if incorporated may reincorporate, in th…

16:10A-5. Alteration or amendment of certificate of incorporation 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 ac…

16:10A-6. By-laws The by-laws of any local church of, or of any other organization connected with, The United Methodist Church shall include the Discipline of The United Methodist Church as from time to time enacted, authorized, and declared by its general conference, and no othe…

16:10A-7. Powers 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, …

16:10A-8. Board of trustees; membership; election; term; vacancy The board of trustees of any local church of The United Methodist Church shall consist of three, six or nine members, as may be provided by the certificate of incorporation, each of whom shall be not less than 18 ye…

16:10A-9. Powers and duties of trustees The trustees of an incorporated local church of The United Methodist Church shall be the directors of the corporation, and shall have the custody and control of all the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation, and shall admi…

16:11-1. Incorporation; election of trustees; tenure Any Christian congregation connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, not having an incorporated board of trustees, may elect and incorporate a board of trustees in the following manner: Any …

16:11-10. Treasurer; election and duties A treasurer may be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by a congregation at its first business meeting for the election of trustees, or at any annual business meeting of the congregation, to serve until the next annual business meetin…

16:11-11. Treasurer; election by trustees; duties and powers If a treasurer is not elected by a congregation at its first business meeting for the election of trustees or at any annual business meeting thereof, such failure shall be construed as a preference by the congregation t…