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Safety Strategies: Playing it safe

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children's ministry, children’s safety, church children, church playgrounds, Church risk management, church safety

March 30, 2015 at 12:36 pm.

Accidents and injuries were almost a given, accepted as an inevitable part of life. Even during a span of eight years of the 21st century, more than 200,000 children were treated in emergency rooms each year for playground-related injuries.

But these times, they are a changin’ — and passively accepting that kids are destined to get hurt on a playground no longer should be the case. The jungle gyms and merry-go-rounds from yesteryear have been replaced with equipment that has been built with safety in mind.

And while injuries and accidents cannot be completely prevented, there is much one can do to help keep playgrounds as safe as possible.

The clergy housing allowance: get the facts

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church administration, Church Finance, church tax issues, clergy housing allowance, MMBB Financial Services

March 30, 2015 at 11:39 am.

As March and April roll around each year, a collective sigh can be heard as Americans prepare to file their taxes. Much of the groaning comes in response to the complexity of figuring out what regulations apply. The clergy housing allowance is a perfect example.

Church management software (ChMS): where ministry meets monetary — new eBook available

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ChMs, church accounting, Church Finance, church management software, church software, church technology

February 20, 2015 at 10:05 am.

In some ways, churches must run like businesses. However, houses of worship have specific needs that secular accounting software just can’t accommodate. In this insightful new eBook, ChMS expert Michael Jordan talks about those unique needs — and how the right ChMS meets them. Download this eBook now! And, keep an eye on your inbox for additional chapters, from giving / donation tools to first-time visitor engagement.

Safety Strategies: Clear your path to a safe church

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church accidents, Church insurance, Church risk management, church risk prevention, church safety, church slips falls, slip fall prevention

January 28, 2015 at 3:00 am.

The aisles that guide your congregation to a higher power could lead to slips, trips and falls if you’re not careful. Falls are one of the leading causes of unintentional injuries in the U.S., according to the National Safety Council. Those injuries accounted for about 8.8 million visits to the emergency room in 2013 — a nearly 500,000 drop from about 9.3 million visits to the emergency room in 2011.

Expanding abuse reporting requirements: Texas, South Carolina, Colorado and National Trends

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Abuse prevention, abuse reporting requirements, Church risk management, protecting church children

January 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm.

Legislative changes to child abuse reporting statutes can significantly impact daily operations of these organizations. Leadership must stay abreast of statutory changes in abuse reporting requirements.

Supreme Court weighs a church’s right to advertise services

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Alliance Defending Freedom, church court case, Church legal, Church legislation, Clyde Reed, David A. Cortman, Good News Community Church, Philip W. Savrin, Reed v. Town of Gilbert, religious freedom, Supreme Court

January 14, 2015 at 11:20 am.

The Supreme Court on Monday (Jan. 12) considered a tiny church’s curbside sign in a case that could raise the bar on government regulation of speech, and make it easier for houses of worship to advertise their services. The Alliance Defending Freedom, the advocacy group that represents Pastor Clyde Reed and his Good News Community Church, bills the case, Reed v. Town of Gilbert, as a religious rights case. But their attorney mostly argued it on free speech grounds.

Board duty is serious business!

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church board, church board governance, church bylaws, Church risk management, protecting church board, protecting church elders

January 1, 2015 at 6:00 am.

People of faith are frequently mission-driven and ministerially oriented. For many of these, volunteering is often considered more privilege than obligation. When such folks have managerial or leadership experience, or when they possess special expertise or have received professional education and training, it is not uncommon that they volunteer to serve the Church via board membership and activity. It is critically important to recognize, however, that even highly educated, skilled and experienced people do not necessarily understand what board service entails and requires of them.

What’s next for health care reform?

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adminstrator, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL, management, RISK MANAGEMENT

October 1, 2012 at 9:00 am.

The Supreme Court decision on the Obama health care reform

Picking a fight with the IRS: The politics issue

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First Amendment, freedom of speech, IRS, political activity

March 1, 2012 at 9:00 am.

From the founding of our country until 1953, churches and their ministers enjoyed complete freedom to address social, moral, Biblical and political issues. Churches have enjoyed exemptions from federal income tax in every income tax law enacted since 1861 without any restrictions on the political activities of the church. But in 1954 all that changed. As part of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, then Senator Lyndon B. Johnson added a new condition to the tax exemption for all nonprofit organizations: no political activity. This amendment to the Code prohibited all nonprofits from doing anything that would support or hinder a candidate for elective office. (For purposes of this article, I will use the prior sentence as the definition of “political activity.”) This amendment was added at the last minute without any discussion or hearings.

Under fire: The ‘ministerial exception’

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lawsuit, LEGAL, religious

February 1, 2012 at 9:00 am.

There is a blockbuster religious freedom case that is currently pending before the United States Supreme Court. Courts have generally believed that federal employment discrimination statutes do not apply to church employees performing religious functions.