Overseas Missions
Video: The legal issues your church needs to consider when it ministers overseas.
Liability
When Copyright Violations Cost Churches
Some common practices may lead to surprising fines.
Q&A: Are Proceeds From the Church Community Center Taxable?
A prime outreach opportunity raises financial, tax considerations.
Clergy, Counseling, and Criminal Liability
What churches must know about pastoral liability for sexual misconduct.
Building a Culture of Risk Management
Church boards, staffs must collaborate for the good of the ministry.
Q&A: Must Both Parents Consent to a Dedication?
A 2003 ruling offers some general insights but does not address situations involving young children and infants.
Trademarking the Church
When should churches seek legal protections for names and logos?
Before You Share Your Space
What to know—and do—before opening your church to outside groups.
Q&A: Restricting Activities of Transgender Church Member
Can we restrict member's activities after a sex change?
Q&A: When Board Members Resign
What should we do when board members want to resign before their term is over?
Q&A: Running a Business at Church
Should we allow a church member to run a business on church property?
Q&A: Starting a Free Legal Clinic
What do our church and the attorneys need to know?
Food Safety at Church Potlucks
Don't let bad food spoil a good time at your next church potluck.
Q&A: When the Church Board Mishandles Situations
Can the church hold the board or its individual members liable?
Q&A: Board Members’ Individual Liability
Are individual board members liable for their own actions as well as other board members' decisions?
Q&A: Reducing Liability for Church Board Members
Can a church board be sued for mishandling a situation involving the pastor?
Q&A: Supervision of minors during church and class time
What is a church's responsibility for supervising minors during Sunday school and worship services?
Q&A: Skateboarding on Church Property
Are we liable if someone gets hurt?
Q&A: Disruptive People in Church
What is a church's responsibility for protecting others?
Q&A: Driver Liability
Who is liable when church volunteers drive for church events?