(a) Members of a church may separate from the church, form a house of worship, and employ a minister if:
- (1) They are of sufficient number to form a house of worship and maintain a minister; and
- (2) All debts and contracts incurred by them as members of the original church are discharged.
- (b) When incorporated, the new church is entitled to the benefits of this subtitle relating to religious corporations.
Added by Acts 1975, c. 311, § 2, eff. July 1, 1975.
Formerly Art. 23, § 266.