skip to Main Content
  • February 25, 2014

The Formation and Structure of the Maryland Religious Corporation

A Religious Corporation is a non-stock corporation.  As such, the provisions of the Maryland general statutory corporate law will apply to it, unless the provisions of the statute clearly require otherwise.  Maryland Code, Corporations & Associations Article § 5-201. A Religious Corporation is created under Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Maryland Code, Corporations & Associations Article.    This subtitle sets out the means of forming a religious corporation under a “congregational form of church government” contemplated by the statute.  Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church of Fruitland, Inc. v. Board of Incorporators,  348 Md. 299 (1997).  However, the subtitle…

Read More
Back To Top