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FEATURE STORIES, Latest News
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Our aim is to provide you with strong content contributed by other leaders to help you manage your churches. The new site has been redesigned with our readers in mind to help you navigate through this information so that it is intuitive to use and can better meet your needs. The articles are now organized by theme and topic to allow direct access to the information that is most relevant to you or other members of your staff.
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PRODUCT NEWS
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
SiteOrganic has announced that newly-planted churches can now receive its most popular website design
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FINANCE, Financial Services
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service issued new rules and regulations affecting all 403(b) retirement plans in 2007. Most elements became effective January 1, 2009, with some delayed until January 1, 2010. You should be aware of three important issues about these new regulations as they relate to your church.
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FINANCE, Financial Services
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
If you’re not confident about your financial situation at retirement age, you’re not alone. According to the latest research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, retirement confidence is at an all-time low. Only 13 percent of workers reported a high confidence about their financial future.
Posted by Ron Keener
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Three quarters of a century ago the Christian community, wary of
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Construction, FACILITIES, Operations
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Established in 1964, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, GA, consisted of 250 families that gathered to worship in the cafeteria of a local high school in what was once suburban Atlanta. Within a few years, property was purchased and a temporary worship facility was built.
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Communication, Human Resources, LEADERSHIP
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Effective and gifted employees are essential to a growing church or ministry. Their services impact ministries and their communities. By offering long-term incentives, churches will have better employee retention. Other than traditional benefits, there are additional programs that keep ministerial staff engaged over the years.
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FACILITIES, Operations
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Adaptive reuse of existing buildings for churches is an environmentally responsible solution as well as being financially effective. If done well it can also be inspiring — bringing churchgoers together in an appropriate, comfortable and stimulating worship space.
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LEADERSHIP
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
I have found that managing change is a daunting task for church leaders. Regrettably, in most seminaries managing change is not taught. Yet in my work I have discovered that the process is not so mysterious or unexamined.
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FACILITIES, Operations
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
In reaction to the loss of historically significant buildings within larger metropolitan areas in the 1950s, communities throughout the nation adopted historic preservation zoning codes to provide for the legal authority to designate and prevent the demolition or destruction of buildings considered valuable to the community as a whole.
