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Feature Article
Funding Foreign Activities
Seven legal areas that trip up churches—and how to navigate them.
Articles
When Church Business Meetings Go Electronic
What to do if phone and Internet tools are used for off-site participants.
Beware of Church Seminar Scams
Questionable practices make some investigation essential.
Recent Developments
Issues that affect ministers and churches, with Richard R. Hammar
Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
Church Not Responsible for Teen Sleepover Injury
Court rules injuries sustained during off-site sleepover are not church's responsibility.
Personal Injuries on Church Property or During Church Activities
Commonwealth of Virginia Not Responsible for Virginia Tech Murder
State Supreme Court rules state not responsible; massacre was not reasonably foreseeable.
Compensation
First Amendment Leaves Room for Employee Lawsuits
D.C. court of appeal rules religious freedom doesn't bar a pastor from suing for unpaid compensation.
Employment Practices
Ministerial Exemption Bars Court's Ruling in Music Director's Dismissal
Federal Court unable to resolve claim that director's dismissal was based on age or disability.
Church Property Disputes
Local Church Retains Control of Property
Court denies Episcopal national church ownership of building used by newly dissociated church.
In Brief
Key news recaps
Can Someone Give to the Church Using Bitcoin?
How churches should prepare for virtual currency.
Tax Calendar
Important deadlines for churches and ministers
April 30, 2014
· Churches having nonminister employees (or one or more ministers who report their federal income taxes as employees and who have elected voluntary ...
April 29, 2014
· Churches hiring their first nonminister employee between January 1 and March 31, 2014 may exempt themselves from the employer's share of FICA ...
April 15, 2014
· Federal income tax and self-employment tax returns by individuals for calendar year 2013 are due by this date.
· Last day to file an amended ...
Monthly requirements, March/April 2014
· If your church or organization reported withheld taxes of $50,000 or less during the most recent lookback period (for 2014 the lookback period ...
Semiweekly requirements, March/April 2014
· If your church or organization reported withheld taxes of more than $50,000 during the most recent lookback period (for 2014 the lookback period ...
Can a Church's "Irrevocable" Promise Become Revocable?
Why a church may have to honor a valuable commitment to a retired pastor.
