Legal Opinion
From the Heart Church Ministries, Inc. v. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 24, 2002No. 3, Sept. Term, 2000PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, C.J.
The issue presented in this case involves the ownership of church property after a local church, incorporated under the Maryland Religious Corporations Law, Md.Code (1957, 1999 Replacement Volume) Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Corporations and Associations Article, 1 but affiliated with a religious denomination, terminates that affiliation. The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County determined that the church property belonged to the religious denomination. We issued the writ of certiorari to review the issue. We shall reverse.
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From The Heart Church Ministries, Inc., one of the appellants…
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