Corporations and Associations - Methodist Churches - Trust Requirement Repeal and Disaffiliation
What this bill does
Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or conveyance executed before June 1, 1953, does not exclude certain local churches from certain provisions of law; providing that a local church that disaffiliates from the United Methodist Conference shall retain ownership of its real property, subject to certain reimbursement requirements; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (42)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | CAIN, CHRIS | Asbury Broadneck Church | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stansbury, kathy | Asbury Broadneck UM Church | Position only |
| FAV | Sewell, Philip | Bethesda United Methodist Church | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | White, Curtis | Clark's United Methodist Church | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | White, Curtis | Clark's United Methodist Church | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stansbury, Sheree | NA | Position only |
| FAV | Foxwell, Donna | Private | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Goldstein, Mathew | Secular Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Goldstein, Mathew | Secular Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Muse, C. Anthony | Senator Muse | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Muse, C. Anthony | Senator Muse | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | UMC, Cape | The Methodist Church Of Cape St. Claire | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sichel, Matthew | Wesleyan Covenant Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sichel, Matthew | Wesleyan Covenant Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Austin, Sharon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Austin, Sharon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | CAVEY, CHRISTIAN | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | CAVEY, CHRISTIAN | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Diehl, Marlene | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Johnson, Kia | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lincoln, Helen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Mason, Earl | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Novak, Robert | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pack, Tatia | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Raikes, Tracey | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rowel, Randolph | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Muse, Senator Muselegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Muse, Senator Muselegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Stansbury, Alvin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stansbury, David | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stansbury, David | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stansbury, Patricia | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stansbury, Patricia | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Easterling, LaTrelle | BWCUMC | Oral |
| UNF | Starnes, Thomas E. | BWCUMC | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Starnes, Thomas E. | BWCUMC | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Allmond, Sheridan | Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Love, Antoine | UMC | Position only |
| UNF | Strawbridge, John | United Methodist Church | Written (PDF) |
