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The Church Benevolence Program and the Law!
The Need for Benevolence! In the late 1990's I was pastor over a small church in South Florida. We were located in a small agricultural town; population 5,000. Most members of the church were of Mexican descent and many of them came from broken homes and had poor educations. Despite the adversity, our church did well. We had grown from 25 members…
Read Full Article | CommentsBeing a Father in the Faith
In the last 10 to 15 years the Father's heart has been awakened in men and women across the world. God the Father is raising up His people to be father's in the faith. This outpouring of the Father's heart is incredible, but just because you have a large staff of eager leaders does not mean that you are a "father in the faith." Nowhere in…
Read Full Article | CommentsCompensation for past years!
Last week we briefly covered the issue of compensating pastors for previous, un-paid years of service, and that it is perfectly legal to do so. This stems from a court case involving a church who paid a pastor and his [missionary] son in lump sums for the years of work they performed for the church without pay. The church decided to sell its building…
Read Full Article | CommentsOur church has made a few mistakes. What can we do about them?
What to do about past mistakes! Many churches that we serve have made mistakes in the the past and are wondering what they can do to correct them. These errors range from years worth of unreported love offerings, to missing W-9's and 1099-Misc forms, to lost board meeting minutes. Some mistakes, like misplaced W-9's, can easiliy be fixed, while…
Read Full Article | CommentsCan the church pay for the pastor's cell phone bill?
Most churches pay for the pastor's cell phone bill! Is that really allowed? A common practice that I see going on in many churches today is the church paying the pastor or founder's cell phone bill. Most churches do it by paying the bill directly on behalf of the pastor. Every month the pastor turns in the cell phone bill and the church writes…
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