ARTICLE Law and Disorder Why your church might end up before a judge and jury, and what you can do to prevent it. Richard Hammar, Timothy C. Morgan
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Attorney Richard Hammar is one of the nation's foremost experts in legal and tax issues facing churches and clergy. With Christian Ministry Resources executive director James Cobble he edits Church Law and Tax Report, which summarizes legal developments affecting churches nationwide. They recently launched a subscription-based website (www.ChurchLawToday.com) that provides online seminars, newsletters, ...
It is good for churches to help members understand what their expected responsibilities are as Christians and as members of the Body of Christ as manifested in a particular congregation. Church discipline, although perhaps written into a church constitution, is becoming somewhat perilous in an independent age with litigious people. The more members know, understand, ...