What you should know before recruiting a church intern
Many churches recruit interns as a way to provide ministry experience for students. Guidelines for unpaid internships have changed.
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5 signs you might be due for an insurance checkup
Check-ups for church insurance help to assess the church’s needs and determine if limits are accurate. This ensures lack of overpayment and full coverage
Read More >Concerned about a cyber breach? There’s a plan for that
Cyber exposures pose a potential threat to your church. Learn about the likelihood of a cyber breach and how to prepare and respond to any attacks.
Read More >Risk control: a key element for successful ministry
Most recently in our series on moving “beyond insurance,” we examined Risk Retention. Now, we undertake the next step in our journey: Risk Control.
Read More >7 strategies for dealing with sex offenders at your church
If a sex offender wants to attend your church — or is already worshipping with you — how would you respond? Roll out the welcome mat? Exclude them entirely? Try to find middle ground? These are questions church leaders regularly face.
Read More >Preventing cyberattacks
How much do you know about cybersecurity and cyberliability? Is it enough to keep your church safe from massive data or financial loss?
Read More >Intellectual property considerations for church leaders
By David O. Middlebrook Churches are some of the most creative places on earth. Every week, church staff is called upon to create sermons, songs, Bible and Sunday school lessons, music, books and teaching materials, and all other kinds of creative works. Churches routinely use media — such as movies and audio clips — to […]
Read More >Don’t risk A LOT for a little! Focus on: risk retention
Together in our journey to move “beyond insurance,” we have thus far examined the first two steps in that process: risk identification, analysis and evaluation, as well as risk avoidance. Now, we undertake the next step in our journey: risk retention.
Read More >Protecting your church’s right to religious expression
Since the beginning of the United States, marriage has always been subject to detailed rules.
Read More >Examining church bylaws
The purpose of bylaws is to reflect how your church operates, as well as to provide protection and structure. The bylaws contain a detailed framework of operations, and what seems important to the church in this season might not be in the next. So, you need to have a framework that can change.
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