Enough theory. Time to execute.
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Why is the IRS Hung Up on Buildings?
part 2 in a 4-part series about Church Tax Exemption We know that the church is the people. It was about people from the beginning and wasn’t intended to be about real estate. So when a church applies for 501c3 nonprofit status, why is the IRS hung up on buildings? In 2010, I helped a…
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Are Missional Communities 501c3? How the IRS Feels About It
part 1 in a 4-part series about Church Tax Exemption I have written before about how the IRS considers churches automatically 501c3 tax exempt. It’s how separation of church and state works in the Church’s favor. I’m sometimes asked, “Are missional communities 501c3?” What’s Missional Community Planting? The conversation about planting churches through a missional…
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3 Ways to Train Church Plant Launch Team
Over the summer, you church planters shooting for a fall launch will be gathering people and shaping them into a launch team. Considering all the ministry teams you’ll be forming, you’re going to need help making sure the right people have the right skills to do the various jobs that need to happen to see…
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How to Create a Volunteer Matrix
Your church plant is gearing up for the launch of weekly worship services and it’s time to start building your serving teams. How many people do you need to pull this thing off? You won’t know until you create a volunteer matrix. Call it a list or whatever, the volunteer matrix is just an exercise…
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5 Reasons You Need a PreLaunch Vacation
Do you dare take a vacation while you’re planting a church? There is so much to do, and it’s a busy season. Summers for brand new churches can be challenging. Launch Team participation can dip due to vacations. But the bigger question is whether you get a vacation, too. Whether you feel like you can…
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How Obamacare Changes Affect Small Churches
2018 update below “Small” churches (fewer than 50 employees) across America are making a big difference. And as with other nonprofits, they do a lot with a little. One thing that many churches have done to make being a pastor a little less taxing is about to become illegal. Up to this point it’s been…
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5 Practical Church Plant Marketing Tips
There are hundreds of ways to get the word out about your new church. How are you going to decide which to use? Every year planters ask me for church plant marketing tips. “Is it social media?” or “I heard that direct mail is dead…?” My answer is usually, “It depends.” Mostly on your context.…
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Leasing a Church Plant Facility
There is at least one fixed deadline during the year for leasing a church plant facility. Miss that, and you may find yourself in the ‘wait zone’ or scrambling to find a facility. I have seen both crazy antics and providential timing in planters’ efforts in leasing a church plant facility. One planter signed a…
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How to Review a Church Plant Budget
4 Keys to Decoding Financial Plans & Projections You’ve been there – someone has handed you a departmental or church budget and your eyes glaze over. Reading financial charts and spreadsheets is not why you got in to ministry. But now you’re overseeing a church plant and you need help with how to review a…
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