How to Ensure Effective Board Training
Ideas for maximizing the work of your church board.
Member, Board
Defamation and Proof of Injury to Reputation
Injury to reputation is not always presumed in cases of false accusations.
Essential Guide to Employment Issues for Church Boards
Covers selection and screening, dispute resolution, terminations, discrimination, and minimum wage.
How to Hire an Attorney for Your Church
Seven guidelines for finding the right attorney for your legal issue.
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers – Part 1
A Louisiana court ruled that the members of a school board could be personally liable for the sexual molestation of a 16-year-old girl that occurred on a school bus.
Church Business Meetings
A Missouri court ruled that a church's board of directors was not properly elected in accordance with the state nonprofit corporation law, and therefore had to be removed.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 1
A Georgia court ruled that a church's entire board had properly been dismissed by the church members at a duly called special business meeting.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 2
A federal court in Indiana ruled that the directors of a church subsidiary could be sued individually for financial losses incurred by investors.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees
A New York court ruled that a pastor's attempt to remove an entire board of deacons, and several church members, was unlawful and of no effect.
Church Business Meetings
A Washington court ruled that a church's election of new board members was legally invalid.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 1
An Illinois court ruled that board members could be personally liable for the molestation of a child on a school bus.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 1
A federal court in Arizona ruled that the Volunteers Protection Act prevented individual board members of a charity from being personally liable for unpaid wages.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 2
A Georgia court ruled that it was not barred by the first amendment from deciding whether church members acted in accordance with state nonprofit corporation law in removing the church board.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 1
A Pennsylvania court ruled that the state nonprofit corporation law could not be used by disgruntled church members as a legal basis for the removal of the church's board.
Church Business Meetings
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a trial court acted properly in vacating a church election that was conducted in violation of the church's governing document.
Clergy—Removal
A District of Columbia appeals court ruled that the first amendment guaranty of religious freedom prevented it from resolving a dismissed pastor's lawsuit.
Preparing for the Annual Business Meeting
A 15-point checklist for church treasurers.
Church Meetings
An Arkansas court dismissed a lawsuit brought by the former members of a church's board of deacons challenging their removal from office and dismissal from membership.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees
A Minnesota court ruled that a church officer violated his fiduciary duties to his church as a result of his secret efforts to remove the pastor and have the church property transferred to a new church.
Church Board’s Attempts to Amend Articles of Incorporation Ruled Invalid
A Florida court said procedural requirements were not followed.