Structure Laws Taxes

https://www.churchlawandtax.com/

http://www.alban.org

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf

  1. Types of Churches
    1. The Patriarchal/Matriarchal Church (Under 50 active members)
    2. The Pastoral Church (50 to 150 active members)
    3. The Program Church (150 to 300 active members)
    4. The Corporate Church (350 or more active members)
    5.  The Integral Church
  2. Types of Ministry
    1. Special Portfolio Ministries
    2. Study Groups
    3. Teaching Centers
    4. Churches
    5. Online Ministry–  Marketing your Ministry
    6. Other
  1. Preparation for Candidating or Interview Process
    1. Advantages and disadvantages of various positions.
    2. Founding Minister
    3. Mechanics of starting a new church
    4. The entrepreneurial spirit
    5. Financing
    6. Following a well-liked Minister
    7. Following a disliked Minister
    8. Coming into a healthy Center/Church
    9. Expectations
    10. Honoring the past
    11. Creating the future
  2. Assistant Minister
  3. Staff Minister
  4. Relationship to the Senior Minister

iii.   Coming into a less than healthy Center/Church

Interviewing your new Church or Organization

    1. The Co-creation process
    2. The “business” documentation
    3. Affiliation Agreement
    4. Ministerial Code
    5. Licentiate Reports
    6. Mentor Ministers
    7. Regional Support Coordinators
    8. CSL Headquarters Departments

iii.  Bylaws

  1. Record Keeping
  2. Practitioner Records
  3. Membership Records
  4. Contributions
  5. Address & contact lists
  6. Education Code & Records for Certificated Classes
  7. Compensation packages & Letter of Call
  8. Clergy tax law
  9. Housing allowance

iii.   Expenses covered

  1. Classes & ceremonies
  2. Benefit packages
  3. Continuing education

vii.  Travel (Spiritual Convention, Convocation, Conferences, etc.)

  1.     Your talents and how they can be used
  2.     Their opportunities and how they fit with your goals
  3.     Congregation or community being served
  4.     Structure
  5. Relationship to the Board of Trustees or Leadership Council
  6. Authority & accountability

iii.  Delegation of responsibilities

  1. Checks and balances
  2. Information and Communication — Think Globally, Act Locally

Our Message to the world, to your community

  1.   Sunday messages
  2.   Newsletters
  3. Electronic media
  4. Outreach
  5.   Community events
  6.   Community involvement
  7. The Global Heart
  8. Closing

Clergy Tax Law

Retirement Fund  Opting out of Social Security   – why and why not

Codes, Model By-laws, affiliation Agreement, Organization of Church Records

 

People and Ceremonies in Ministry

People within your ministry  –   Volunteers, Core Council/Board

Using Your Mentor

Making the Transition into Ministry, First 100 Days

Installation Ceremony