True but it makes the church liable for anything that happens within the troop.
By virtue of the Chartered Agreement with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the National Council Boy Scouts of America and the local council agrees:
Respect the aims and objectives of the organization and offer resources to help meet those aims and objectives.
Provide year-round training, service, and support to the organization and units.
Provide training and support for the chartered organization representative as the primary communication link.
Provide techniques and methods for selecting quality unit leaders and ensuring those selected meet BSA leadership standards.
Provide primary general liability insurance to cover the chartered organization and its board, officers, chartered organization representative, and employees against all personal liability judgments. This insurance includes attorney's fees and court costs as well as any judgment brought against the individual or organization. Unit leaders are covered in excess of any personal coverage they might have, or if there is no personal coverage, the BSA insurance immediately picks them up on a primary basis.
Provide camping facilities, service centers, and a full-time professional staff to assist the organization in every possible way.
It is through the Annual Charter Agreement and the Youth and Adult membership applications that these benefits are extended to the Chartered Organization and its’ officers. Completing the proper paperwork to ensure that all adult and youth members are properly registered as soon as they join or are called, even if simply switching form the Troop to the Team or Team to the Crew is essential for the protection of the individual as well as the Church.
Chapter 1, Section e, item 4, subsection c “District and Above”.
Also, this is from old data, from 2000, but back then the LDS sponsored 31,000 units - the largest number of religious sponsoring units. I think about half of all scout units are sponsored by religious organizations.