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Excess benefit transactions will lead to excise taxes

Publicity regarding churches and ministries has fueled many questions about ministry expenses and the use of ministry assets for personal benefit that could be grounds for excise taxes resulting from excess benefit transactions.

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A pastor’s sabbatical: Siesta, study or sayonara?

“I talked about my sabbatical from the pulpit,” says Mark Brewer, pastor and head of staff at Bel Air Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, CA.

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Visitors take a test-drive on the information superhighway

Josh and Emily Jones were excited about a new church experience, visiting the Web site first. The building was attractive and an easy drive from their new house.

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The game of the name change is to align word and deed

I’m not telling your church that it should change its name. If anything, I’m telling you not to. But if you should consider changing the name of your church, you should do so slowly, carefully and with much thought and prayer.

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Passion, purpose and excitement fill ‘One Minute Manager’s’ life

On one level Ken Blanchard is an academic, entrepreneur, management guru and author whose books have sold 18 million copies in 30 languages, including his first, The One Minute Manager (1982).

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In the church labeling business, contemporary doesn’t mean a lot

Some of the biggest misconceptions in the American church today come as the result of the labeling of individual churches. Churches have always been labeled.

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When personal loyalties and ministry responsibilities collide

By law board members are supposed to put the best interest of the church above all personal considerations — but how is that even possible?

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Jack Taylor, Director of Operations, Sycamore Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH

Jack Taylor knows how to write a message for a roadside billboard.

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No more whining, handwringing over evangelism — just do it now

Martha Grace Reese doesn’t mince words when it comes to the E-word — evangelism. Her study of American evangelism within seven mainline churches, and the subsequent books, leaves her with strong convictions:

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Achieve peak performance with a leadership culture of shared purpose

Brentwood Baptist Church sits in the heart of the Nashville, TN suburb of Brentwood, where 20,000 new residents have moved in recent years.

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