Upon the presentation of a petition to the court of common pleas of any county, or one of the judges thereof in vacation, by any person, a member of said church, board, or agency, or a member of the superior judicatory with which such church, board, or agency has been connected, or a member of the State body or organization representative of the denomination of which said church, board, or agency was a member or agency, setting forth that any individual church, board, or agency in said county has become inactive or extinct by reason of no active or resident trustees or body corporate representing it or otherwise, and that its property is liable to be wasted or destroyed, the said court, or a judge thereof during vacation, shall grant a rule to show cause why the prayer of the petition shall not be granted, and require a copy of the petition and rule to be published for four successive weeks in at least one newspaper, of the county where said church, board, or agency is located, of general circulation. And upon full hearing of the matter, shall make such order in the case as shall be most likely to preserve the property of said church, board, or agency in the interests of the denomination, within the State or elsewhere, according to the uses to which it was intended to be devoted.