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Cell Tower Leases - Do's and Don'ts
Here are basic suggestions for a church which is approached about leasing space for a cell tower or antenna.
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August 3, 2010
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Records Management for Congregations
This site includes information about how to submit your congregation's records to Heritage Hall at Calvin College for microfilming.
August 3, 2010
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Records Management for CRC Congregations
This webpage includes information about how to submit your congregation's records to Heritage Hall at Calvin College for microfilming. You will also find links to online archives. Also, guidelines are given in records management for congregations.
July 1, 2010
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Setting Up an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program
Are you prepared for cardiac emergencies at your church facility? Here is an article from Church Safety that will help your church think through whether you should have a defibrillator at your church and how to make sure you are prepared for cardiac emergencies.
June 10, 2010
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Architectural Evangelism
This article demonstrates the effort, time, and cost that many churches in our denomination have undertaken to make their facilities accessible to people with physical impairments.
June 8, 2010
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Managing Temporarily Restricted Gifts and Grants
Gifts that are received with donor restrictions must be applied according to the donors’ wishes. Here are the key steps to manage them.
May 12, 2010
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Employee vs. Independent Contractor - Tips for Business Owners from the IRS
This tip sheet from the IRS will assist you in determining the tests that the IRS considers regarding determining if workers are independent contractors or employees.
May 5, 2010
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Expense Reimbursement Plan
If you don’t have a written policy regarding how expenses are reimbursed, you will have a hard time enforcing accountability for reimbursable expenses.
April 21, 2010
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Reimburse Ministerial Expenses Legally
Since ministers are not allowed to deduct church related business expenses from their local church employment as self-employed workers, often ministers and other church employees pay unnecessary income taxes on legitimate business expenses.
March 24, 2010
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Retaining Records
This record retention schedule will assist you with financial record storage requirements and also with minutes and administrative record retention.
March 18, 2010
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Crisis Communication
Seventeen students and three leaders are going on a spring break service trip to Biloxi, Mississippi. What if they were at fault in an accident, or if another crisis developed out of the week?
February 15, 2010
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Clergy Tax Information
This website features information related to clergy tax preparation.
February 11, 2010
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Electronic Systems Policy Needed?
It may be helpful for your church to have some definition of expectations of staff and monitoring to provide clear communication regarding electronic system expectations.
January 27, 2010
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ABC's of Building Our Church Budget
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38
January 20, 2010
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Getting Started in Church Administration
As you start your role, you are called to first understand the current situation and develop relationships with those involved in areas of ministry where you will be serving.
January 18, 2010
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Videotaping Kids at Church
Each individual owns his or her likeness or other identifiable characteristic. If the church uses the videos or images to promote the church or makes them available on the web, then the courts will likely find that the church used the images in a commercial manner.
January 18, 2010
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Launching a Business at Church
This download is designed to help make launching a business at church easier, covering all of the angles you should address for most any type of business.
January 18, 2010
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Canadian RRSP Information
A registered Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) is an investment account designed primarily for saving toward your retirement years. As a retirement savings vehicle, regulated by the Canadian government, RSPs have special tax benefits.
January 18, 2010
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Launching a Business at Church
This download is designed to help make launching a business at church easier, covering all of the angles you should address for most any type of business.
January 14, 2010
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Managing Churches Well
How do you determine the balance between too much or too little organization? Leaders need to understand their mission and clearly see that the structure and organization assists in accomplishing ministry.
January 12, 2010
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Risk and Insurance Assessment
Let's look at some of the questions your church should review each year related to policies and procedures to eliminate hazards in relation to people, facility, and programs.
January 11, 2010
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Communicating Effectively
The church is committed to effectively communicate our mission, vision, and values in an effort to help people develop in their Christian life as a part of the church community. As church members we want to communicate in an efficient, cohesive, and consistent manner that honors Christ and His church.
January 11, 2010
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Who Leads Your Church?
There is a growing awareness in the CRC that the relationship between members of the church council and members of the church staff can present challenging dynamics. Why is this, and why is it happening now?
January 11, 2010
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Ministry Shares: How a Little Church Does Big Things
We all face tough questions about our charitable giving. In tough financial times, these questions are even harder to answer. That’s one reason why the Christian Reformed Church in North America has a system called ministry shares.
January 11, 2010
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The Parsonage
Today more ministers live in their own houses than ever before. But not all. Local situations vary. But where pastors live in church-owned housing, consistories do well to think about their retirement days.