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May 2012
- Compensation Planning for Churches, Part 1
- ManagingYourChurch.com Honored by Press Association
- 10 Tips for Counting Cash
- Five Lessons from The Journal’s Church Fraud Piece
- Christian School Teachers Fired for Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies
- Five Online Giving Lessons for Churches
April 2012
- Rookie Pastors: Keep the Devil Out of the Details
- When Benevolence Ministry Becomes Risky
- Little Guys Can Do Big Things
- Free Webinar: Child Abuse Reporting in the Aftermath of Penn State
- Redeem a Church Conflict by Listening to a Lawyer? Really?
- Protecting Kids at Church
- Is a Confession to a Pastor Always Confidential?
- A Breakdown of Salaries and Benefits for Senior Pastors
March 2012
- With Fraud Prevention, Patience and Planning Reign Supreme
- Giving Rebounded for Many Churches in 2011
- Churchgoers Restrain Gunman During Sunday Service
- Needed Church Decisions, Unavoidable Risk: Part 3
- What Is Your Hope for the Church?
- Needed Church Decisions, Unavoidable Risk: Part 2
- Is Income Exceeding Expenses at Your Church?
- Needed Church Decisions, Unavoidable Risk: Part 1
- Why Pastors Must Pay Federal Income Taxes
- IRS Issues Alert for Scam Targeting Church Members, Seniors
- Proper Payroll Withholdings Critical for Churches
February 2012
- IRS Releases Latest "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams
- Weighing Outreach to Sex Offenders
- Congress Extends Payroll Tax Holiday Through 2012
- 17 Ways the Church May Become Accountable to the State
- Commission on Financial Practices Seeks Input from Churches
- Extension of Payroll Tax Holiday Appears Likely
- How Did Giving Go in 2011 at Your Church?
- Appeals Court: No Housing Allowances for Two Homes
- Trademarking the Church
- The Top 7 Paid Positions at Churches
January 2012
- Before You Share Your Space
- Hosting a Super Bowl Party at Church—Is It Legal?
- How to Prepare W-2s for Church Employees, Including Ministers
- Penalties Double for Late 1099s
- Part 2: When Raises Aren’t Possible for Church Staff
- More Stats on Electronic Giving Patterns
- Part 1: When Raises Aren’t Possible for Church Staff
- Supreme Court Affirms 'Ministerial Exception'
- Tips on Selecting a Tax Preparer
- How Much Are Pastors Earning These Days?
- Implementing Internal Controls
December 2011
- Year End Giving
- Payroll Tax Cut Temporarily Extended into 2012
- The Importance of Financial Transparency
- Top 10 Year-End Fiscal Tasks
- December Tax Tip: Note New Withholdings for 2012
- December Tax Tip: Plan Now to Reclassify an Employee
- The Top 10 Church Management Articles of 2011
- IRS Announces Recommended Mileage Rates for 2012
- December Tax Tip: 2012 Pension Plan Limits
- Handling Online Activities with Care
- December Tax Tip: Update Staff W-4s Now
November 2011
- Delegating Responsibility in the Church Office
- Cartoon: Pastor Hides Staff Turnover
- Church Business Practices are a Witness—Good or Bad
- Wandering Church Assets
- Q&A: Limit the Number of Church Bank Accounts
- Rewriting Paterno's Playbook
- Safely Depositing Weekly Collections
- Preventing Identity Theft at Church
- Eight Tips for Securing Church Property
- The Church Bulletin as a Tax Tool
October 2011
- Is the Church Treasurer Really the "Worship Pastor"?
- Protecting the Elderly from Abuse
- Can Banks Ask Churches for Donor Records?
- Dealing with Unpredictable Giving
- Renting Out Extra Space May Cost Churches
- 10 Common Payroll Tax Errors
- New Crib Regulations Affect Churches
- Religious Employment Under High Court's Focus This Week
- Endorsing Candidates from the Pulpit
September 2011
- Staying Afloat Amid Information Overload
- Nine Tips for Keeping Church Football Games Safe
- "Shopping" for a Bank
- Tax Scammers in Person
- Pastors Shot in Florida Church
- Who Owns a Pastor's Sermons?
- Seattle Hayride Crash Injures Youth Group, Leaders
- Church Puts Property Up for Sale After Tax Dispute
- Six Steps for Handling Fraud
- A Good Time to Launch a Church Building Campaign?
- What's Wrong with Credit Card Debt?
- Cartoon: Giving for Tax Purposes
August 2011
- One Church Receives an Unexpected Tax Bill
- A New Look for the Managing Your Church Blog
- One Solution to Education Cutbacks
- When Someone Disrupts the Church Service
- Fraudulent Calls to Churches
- Social Media Background Checks
- If an Embezzler Confesses
- Before You Hire, Pick Up the Phone
- Churches: Get Your I-9s in Order!
- Surge in Copper Theft Continues for Churches
July 2011
- Scammers 'Phishing' for Your Money
- Keeping Kids Safe at Camp
- The Proposed Charitable Deduction Change
- The "Whole Life Offering"
- The Pluses of Google+ for Church Leaders
- Get $1,000 for Your Church's Communications Campaign
- Letters to Potential Donors of Mission Trips
- 'Most Significant Religious Case in 20 Years'
- Cyber Crime: Coming to a Church Near You?
- Creating a Disaster Relief Ministry
- Social Media Agreements—A New Normal?
June 2011
- Setting the Record Straight on Group Exemptions
- Are Churches an Easy Target for Vandalism and Burglary?
- IRS Increases Mileage Rate
- IRS Revokes Tax-exempt Status of Church-run Agency
- Group Drops Case Against Pastor Housing Allowances
- Show Me the Money
- The Top Three Reasons Fraud Happens at Church
- More Analysis on the Pastor Housing Allowance Challenge
- How to Manage Risk at Church
- Fire Prep for Your Church
- Churches Forced to Stop Building Use Over Zoning Issue
- Bill Maher: Should Churches be Taxed?
May 2011
- Maintaining Balance with Church Management Work
- Churches Weather Copper Thieves, Insurance Concerns
- Using Social Media During Disaster Relief
- Better Minds, Better Church Office Management?
- Survey Says, Millennials Do Give—and Not Just Online
- Should the Jobless Tithe on Their Unemployment Benefits?
- Report: More Older Americans Prefer Giving Online
- New Report: Households Spent $368 on Gas Last Month
- Church Bus Driver Arrested on Sex Abuse Charge
- Missouri Woman Admits to $140,000 Church Theft
- A Pastor's Thoughts on Knowing What People Give
April 2011
- Responding to Disaster
- What's a Congregation Worth?
- More Stats on Church Giving and the Recession
- Why Churches Should Take the Lead Preventing Abuse
- Supreme Court Tackles 'Ministerial Exception'
- Expanded 1099 Reporting Requirements Repealed
- A Tax Credit for Churches?
- CNN: Is Tithing Optional?
- Free Tickets to Cultivate11
- Should Congress Change Pastors' Housing Allowances?
- Screening and Selecting Children's Workers at Church
- Would a Change to Charitable Contributions Rules Hurt Churches?
March 2011
- Church Giving Begins to Rebound?
- Handling Leases for Car Allowances
- Should Churches Avoid Discipline for Legal Fears?
- Confronting Violence at Church
- When the Bank Says No
- Illegal Immigrants in the Church
- Why the National Church Compensation Survey Matters
- Can Social Media Get a Church Sued?
- The Fall-Out from 'Natural Decrease'
- Concealed Weapons in Church
February 2011
- Pay Raises for Pastors and Church Staff in 2011?
- Holiday Pushes Back Due Date for Taxes
- Online Resource for Church Law and Tax Help
- Help for Pastors During Tax Season
- Evangelicals and Money: Stingy, Generous, or Just Right?
- Ten Steps to Tax Reporting
- When Tithe Doesn't Mean Tenth
January 2011
- Top 5 Reasons Churches End Up in Court
- Small Groups, Confidentiality, and the Law
- What Churches Should Know about the Tax Relief Act
- The Top 10 Church Safety Downloads of 2010
- Tax Ruling May Help Pastors Who Own Two Homes
- National Commission to Examine Church Financial Practices
- Should Churches Accept Credit Cards for Tithing?
- Upcoming Webinar: Key Tax Changes to Understand
December 2010
- TheYourChurchBlog.com's Top 5 Posts of 2010
- 10 to Remember From 2010
- 7 Reasons Churches Should Offer Electronic Giving Options
- Deadline Nears for Pastors' Housing Designations
- Is Your Church Ready for Tax Season?
- Giving at Churches—How Will 2010 End?
- What You Should Know about Year-end Giving and Receipts
November 2010
- A Theology of Workflow
- Food Safety for Church Holiday Meals
- Giving Debit Its Due
- A New, Free Tool for Calculating Church Staff Salaries
- Easy Ways to Boost Church Website Traffic—Part 2
- Easy Ways to Boost Church Website Traffic—Part 1
- Should Pastors Know What People Give?
- Finding Grants for Church Building Campaigns
- Should Churches Block Staff Access to Facebook?
October 2010
- How One Church Responded to a Sex Offender
- Endorsing Political Candidates from the Pulpit
- The Green Wave
- 30% Discount on Church Law, Tax, and Finance Resources
- One Church, Many Congregations
- Medical Allowances and Health Savings Accounts
- Small Churches = Big Impact
- Legislation Drops Cell Phones from "Listed Property"
September 2010
- Determining Which Ministry Gets What
- Case Threatens Pastor Housing Allowances
- Sex Offenders in the Pew
- 10 Things Every Church Should Know about Expansion (in 140 characters or less)
- Can Finance People Be Ministry Minded?
- Cash Reserves: Who Needs Them?
- Why Church Leaders Should Take the Risk of Embezzlement Seriously
August 2010
- ChurchSafety.com’s Top 10 Training Resources
- The Your Church Blog's Top 10 Posts from Its First Year
- People You Don't Want in Your Ministry
- A Fast (and Free) Way to Assess a Church's Health
- Bothered by the Business of Church
- Can Google Hurt a Church Leader's Job Search?
- Food Safety at Church Potlucks
- When a Staff Person Isn't Doing the Job
- The Positive Experience of Check-In/Check-Out Procedures
July 2010
- 5 Ways to Develop Better Interns
- Where You Work Best
- How Churches Can Re-think Money and Giving
- Should Churches Increase 2011 Budgets?
- A Look at Christian Household Finances
- Impact of Health Care Reform Issues for Nonprofits
- Is Your Church Giving Raises This Year?
- Designing Print for Big Impact (On a Tiny Church Budget)
- Part 4: Doing Staff Reorganizations Well
June 2010
- Alleged Rape Underscores Church Office Security Needs
- Set an Example with Copyright Law
- Part 3: Doing Staff Reorganizations Well
- Healthy Board, Healthy Church
- Part 2: Doing Staff Reorganizations Well
- Making Smartphones Smart for Ministry
- Arkansas Floods Provide a Sober Reminder about Safety Preparation
- Reminder: FCC Mic Deadline Hits This Saturday
- Part 1: Doing Staff Reorganizations Well
- 6 Questions to Ask in a Coaching Relationship
- Top 10 Things Churches Need to Know About Zoning
- Protect Your Ministry with an Employee Handbook
May 2010
- Creating a Safe Outreach Ministry
- Protecting Churches from Embezzlement
- Hosting Large Events at Your Church
- Should Churches Buy Fair-Trade Coffee?
- What Churches Should Know about IRS Form 990-N
- Safe and Legal Fundraising
- 8 Resources for Peacefully Resolving Church Conflicts
- Your Church Celebrates Four Awards
- Accidents Caused by Teenage Drivers
- Responding to Floods and Other Disasters
- Don't Forget the Check
April 2010
- A Case Study: When Shortfalls Cloud the Big Picture
- Is Porn a Problem in Your Church Office?
- Create an Earth-Safe Church
- Lawsuits in the Church
- Blending Business Wisdom with Spiritual Wisdom
- Create a Child Abuse Response Plan
- Dealing with Sex Offenders Who Attend Church
- Re-thinking The Ways We Hire Church Staff
- Learning from Lean Staffs during Lean Times
- Loss of a Church's Financial Records
March 2010
- Does Strategic Planning Contradict the Holy Spirit?
- What Will the New Health Care Bill Mean for Churches?
- Did the Grinch Steal December from Churches?
- Is Preaching Against Homosexuality a Hate Crime?
- How Finance, Sexual Wrongdoings Challenged One Church
- Leading a Holistic Church Staff
- Is God Calling You To Move?
- 10 Tips for Last-minute Tax Filers
February 2010
- Family Money Matters: A Look at Christian Household Finances
- New Law Permits 2009 Charitable Deduction for Haiti Relief Contributions
- 2010 Tax Tips for Church Leaders
- Responding to Negative Coverage in the Media
- Church Finances Remain Pinched in Early 2010
- Oregon Case Provides a Powerful Reminder to Churches
- California Church Reeling from Shooter Incident
- Stetzer: Churches Struggle with Fostering Young Leaders
- 6 Trends in 2010 for Grants
- How One Question Can Make the Recession an Ally
- Struggling Cities Eye Taxes, Fees for Churches
January 2010
- Top 10 Leadership Books from 2009
- Discerning Eyes for Church Law, Finance, and Administration
- FCC Ruling May Affect Many Churches
- Legally Host A Super Bowl Party
- Stetzer: Churches Lag in Economic Recovery
- To E-Give or Not to E-Give
- New Survey on Church Staffing
- What Volunteers Want
December 2009
- Buildings: Do Churches Really Need Them?
- Should You Prepare Your Own Tax Returns?
- Your Church's Top 10 Articles of 2009
- The Top 10 Church Administration Posts for '09
- The Top 7 Resources to Combat Church Embezzlement
- The State of Social Media, Part 2
- Sex Offenders in the Church
- The State of Social Media, Part I
- IRS Announces Standard Business Mileage Rate for 2010
- Zero Tolerance for Church Embezzlement
- Resolving Conflict in the Church Office
November 2009
- 5 Leadership Books Worth Reading
- Is It Time To Build? 10 Questions to Ask
- Smart, Inexpensive Church Building Design Ideas
- Prevent Volunteer Burnout
- Guard Against Copper Thieves
- Church Budgets: How Much for Staff, Buildings, and Ministry?
- How to Interview Your Next Church
- 10 Questions to Ask About Your Church’s Communications
- Top 5 Reasons Churches Wind Up in Court
- Simple Tips to Prepare for a Pandemic
October 2009
- Ways to Help the Unemployed at Your Church
- Report: Finances Steady at Two-Thirds of Churches
- You Want to Donate What?
- Creating Missional Space for Your Church
- Will Mancini on "Discerning Your Unique Call"
- Fast Ideas for Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers
- Kevin Ford on Leading Change
- Facing a Financial Crisis: Three Experts Weigh In
- Consider Adding Windows 7
- Free Excerpt: The Essential Guide to Church Finances
- Building a Culture of Generosity in Your Church
- Get Organized!
- Engaging Congregation Members in Community Ministry
- Study: Donations Grow 42% With Face-to-Face Time
- Church Shootings in the Spotlight
September 2009
- Should Your Church Hire a Sex Offender?
- Is This Gossip?
- Raising the Bar in Tough Times
- How to Handle Disruptive People
- Responding to Drop-In Visitors
- Using Routines to Organize Your Work
August 2009
- Pinched Paychecks
- Reading the Fine Print
- High Tech, Low Budget
- The 2010 Wish-List
- What Computers and Phones Do Church Staff Need?
- 4 Reasons NOT to Cut Conferences
- Making Comparisons for Church Purchases
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