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5 Principles of Good Church Governance

5 Principles of Good Church Governance

One of the most important legal decisions a church will ever make is how it will be governed. For a church plant, the ideal time to address this issue is when you achieve autonomy from your parent church. Leadership is at the core of church governance. In order to be...

Just Between You and Me, Pastor

Just Between You and Me, Pastor

The Bible urges Christians to confess their sins one to another,[1] a clear recognition that confessing our moral failures and offenses against a Holy God is an important step toward spiritual growth and maturity.  Within the context of our church life, these...

How Should Christians Respond to Racism

How Should Christians Respond to Racism

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3TE6bxJkJ4w One of the most important events of 2020 was the tragic death of George Floyd. I don’t know anyone who wasn’t impacted by it. During that timeframe, I was leading a Zoom Bible study attended by several alumni of a young adult...

Church Leader Accountability Policy

Church Leader Accountability Policy

Purpose: To protect ministries and ministry leaders through a thoughtful and deliberate approach to Church Leader Accountability. Necessity: For as long as there have been ministry leaders, there have been leadership failures. These failures are destructive to...

2020: The Year in Review

2020: The Year in Review

When I first started practicing law 30 years ago, the fax machine was a fairly recent innovation. We did our legal research using books, oftentimes having to travel to the library at Western Kentucky University or the University of Louisville School of Law. We looked...