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, ...
A generation ago, most churches employed one pastor and possibly part-time help for custodial or clerical work. But times have changed. Now churches have several ministers on staff, paid custodians, facility engineers, sound and lighting engineers, day care staff, kitchen staff, music staff, and more.
As the size of a church's staff grows so does its responsibility as an employer. Therefore, church ...
Although church staff evaluations are used to determine many things regarding the work performance of church staff members, the purpose of this article is to show how staff evaluations can be used to determine whether salary increases are justified.
The one area of church staffing that seems to cause more disagreements than any other is the reviewing processes that churches use to evaluate whether ...