N.J. Stat. Ann. § 16:2-12

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.