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LEGAL Archives - Church Executive
Risk Management Realities: Times are a-changin’!
The public perception of churches has hit a downward spiral as America becomes more and more “litigation-go-lucky.”
Read More >Church Executive, March 2013, Volume 12, Issue 3
The CE Interview: Scott Anderson, Executive Pastor, Eagle Brook Church, Centerville, MN By Rez Gopez-Sindac Scott Anderson started attending Eagle Brook Church (EBC) with his family in 1993 and joined the staff in 1997 as the facility manager after 18 years of managing restaurants for the McDonald’s Corporation. He started as a “glorified custodian” with […]
Read More >Getting staff in correct ‘class’
By David Middlebrook Deciding whether an individual worker is an employee or independent contractor is an increasingly important decision and deserves every church and ministry’s full attention. It is often tempting for churches and ministries to classify workers as independent contractors so as to avoid paying employment and payroll taxes and providing employee benefits and […]
Read More >How to avoid a defamation lawsuit
The extensive use of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, streaming sermon videos, podcasts and blogging, has placed many churches into a public arena with potential legal and public relations consequences.
Read More >‘Tax-exempt’ doesn’t erase all tax issues
Churches are automatically considered tax-exempt organizations by the Internal Revenue Code,
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