As a pastor or church administrator, you make plans and preparations for the church as part of your job. You might be great at planning a sermon series, special services like Easter, and events or mission trips. You might be successful at planning for your pastor’s retirement ...
The following insights are drawn from an analysis by Richard Hammar and interviews with Frank Sommerville, an attorney, CPA, and editorial advisor, and Ted Batson, an attorney and CPA with the accounting firm CapinCrouse. Read the full analysis, “Integrating Tax Reform ...
Andy Savage Resigns After Admitting to Sexual Misconduct. “A top pastor at Highpoint Church has resigned after admitting that he committed sexual misconduct with a high school student more than 20 years ago. Andy Savage said he was a college student working for a church ...
The Deadly Force Incident (DFI) study is a comprehensive look at the violent acts with deadly force potential affecting faith-based organizations across the United States. (An act with “deadly force potential” is defined as an attack that did, or could have, caused ...
IRS Releases Updated Withholding Calculator. “The Internal Revenue Service . . . released an updated Withholding Calculator on IRS.gov and a new version of Form W-4 to help taxpayers check their 2018 tax withholding following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December. ...
For qualifying ministers, the housing allowance is an invaluable tax benefit—in fact, according to attorney and Church Law & Tax senior editor Richard Hammar, it’s “the most important tax benefit available to ministers.”
In October 2017, however, a ...
First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California—known as EvFree Fullerton—has wrestled a lot with the question of whether to buy or own.
Right now, EvFree, which averages a combined 2,500 people at its three Sunday services, has made the decision to own a variety ...