As your church grows and does more things, it gets harder to cope with the legal and operational issues. When a church gets to a certain point, which is often without warning, it can't handle governan...

Church boards are in charge of making sure that the ministry's goals, finances, and the law are all followed. Giving board members legal training is important so they can carry out their fiduciary dut...

A church's change in leadership is a big deal. The process has a big impact on the church's spiritual health, organizational stability, and legal standing, whether it's a planned retirement of a pasto...

Power struggles among megachurches and large ministries can make it exceedingly hard to do missions, keep leaders working together, and keep the congregation united. When there are more leaders, campu...

An IRS audit of your pastor's pay can be scary and hard to understand. Pastor compensation is one of the most closely watched areas of church finances, even though churches usually don't have to pay t...

It's not enough to just give spiritual guidance to run a megachurch or a large ministry; it's a full-time job. Every day, executive teams have to deal with a lot of legal, operational, financial, and ...

A megachurch that is doing well shows that ministry and stewardship are being done well. But as an organization grows swiftly or steadily, it often has to deal with growing pains that test the limits ...

The main goal of every church is to have good pastoral leadership. Paying pastors fairly and covering their expenses is important not only to respect their service but also to follow IRS rules and chu...

Churches usually don't think they need to keep track of any form of money because they are nonprofit religious groups. It's true that the IRS gives churches a lot of tax incentives and special rights,...

When paying pastors and church staff, it's important to find a good balance between being fair and following the law. If a church pays its employees too much, it could lose its tax-exempt status and f...

Churches typically have good intentions and are more focused on mission and service than following the law. But you could accidentally break tax regulations, which could put your church's tax-exempt s...

Churches, which are religious groups that don't make money, get a lot of tax breaks. But to get the most out of legal tax breaks while staying inside the law, you need to know the rules, have a plan, ...