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Pastor T's. Good Heart Looked Bad On Paper
Sep 25, 2014
He could not believe that something he had done for so many years was actually illegal. In the 6 years that he had pastored the church, the stro...
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Return to All PostsIRS Revives Section 7611 Church Compliance Audit
May 20, 2013
Several years ago a church's tax-exempt status was revoked, retroactive 15 years. When Music Square Church was audited by the IRS under section ...
Read morePastor Sentenced to 37 Months for Church and Ministry Commingling
May 07, 2013
Pastor Hope was a man on the move. He pastored a growing church in Rockville, MD and also had his own ministry. The ministry was a private...
Read moreHousing Allowance - Prophet or Historian?
May 01, 2013
In a recent Ultimate Church Structure Conference, I used an illustration to better teach how the housing allowance ought to be done. I taught th...
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IRS Says it can Read Your Emails
Apr 18, 2013
It is a telling sign of the times in which we live. A few days ago, a report came out in many news agencies that the IRS believes it can read th...
Read moreAre You Misappropriating Church Funds?
Mar 19, 2013
Often times, churches and ministries receive designated offerings for building campaigns, outreach programs or benevolence. You may be surprised to k...
Read more4 Big Mistakes Made Early in Ministry
Mar 13, 2013
When your ministry is young and small, few people ever notice it. When you start a church in your basement or living room, the last thing ...
Read moreWhen Your 501(c)(3) is More Than Two Years Old
Mar 12, 2013
It happens every week. We have a conversation with a church that got its 501(c)(3) approval several years earlier and is not operating in a mann...
Read moreTurn Trash Into Treasure
Sep 15, 2015
In 1995, my wife and I purchased 1 and 1/4 acres of vacant land in South Florida. Since the previous owner used the property as "storage" for farm equ...
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