Author: Josh Henry
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Ministers Housing Allowance Possibly Under Attack
In an article orignally posted on www.christianpost.com, Stephanie Samuel discusses how a current court case could affect how churches can compensate pastors pre-tax through the use of a housing allowance. An atheist group is presenting the lawsuit claiming that ministers are unfairly allowed to not pay taxes and the remainder of tax payers are picking…
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Church Email Address – Effectively using email for your ministry
Still thinking it is too difficult to have email addresses for your staff and volunteers at your churches domain? Does your church have a domain? Do you know what a domain is? Chances are you do know what a domain is, just may not realize it. A domain, or domain name, is the name you…
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Social Network Christmas Story.
Very cool explanation of the Christmas story. Always interesting to think about what actually happened to Mary and Joseph, the faith it took and how faithful they were. Also neat to consider what it would have looked like if Jesus had come in modern times.
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TheChurchBusinessGuys.com Helps Church Obtain Financing for a Building Purchase
We had the privilege of seeing a project come to completion today. We were able to attend the closing on a new building for New Visions World Ministries. This project has taken several months and required quite a few hours of document and report preparation. We were able to prepare all the financial statements, prepare…
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Your Virtual Back Office
I saw a commercial last night for a business software program (which will remain nameless) that says it’s like having a ‘virtual back office.’ I was instantly intrigued because, after all, that is a catch phrase we have been using. After watching the commercial, I realized that yes, it is like having a ‘virtual back…
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Video Teleconferencing for Cheap
We needed a good way to stay in contact with our clients, especially those that were hours away. I spent a lot of time looking for good solutions for video teleconferencing but failed to find any that provided what we needed, at a cost that was feasible, until now. We have started using Skype here…
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Franchise Model for Church Plants
I own a Medicine Shoppe pharmacy. Med Shoppe’s are franchises and in the years I have owned the store, I have come to see the many great aspects of the franchise model as well as the bad. For the past few weeks, I have been working through in my mind how to take the franchise…
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The Business of Church – Volunteers
We meet with churches everyday and ask several of the same questions. Resoundingly, we tend to receive the same answers leading us to the same conclusions. When you remove the sacred from the church, you’re left with a business. While there are far too many aspects of this concept to sum up in this post,…
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Church Treasurer Accused of Theft
http://www.wrn.com/2010/11/church-treasurer-accused-of-theft/. This unfortunate reality is happening every day around the country. The truly unfortunate part is for the person committing the crime, and for the church. It puts a black eye on both, gets unwanted press and leaves everyone with an uncomfortable feeling. The true problem is that in most cases, it can be a…
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Team Leadership for your church
I recently completed reading “The Power of Team Leadership” by Charles Barna. While the premise at first seemed simple and I questioned how a complete book could be written about something that appeared obvious, I was amazed at the detail and analysis provided. Mr. Barna took great time in providing a very compelling presentation of…