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Number: MINN 4450

Name: Legal Issues in Ministry

Instructor: ACU Shared Course (Intro)

Section: IS-001

Credits: 3

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Course Description:

This course provides an overview of the legal environment in which a church or ministry organization operates. Key topics include human resource law, tax and regulatory compliance, liability law, contracts, and intellectual property law.

Course Goals and Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students will:

1. Understand the constraints and opportunities of the legal environment of the church or ministry organization;

2. Be exposed to key human resource law issues for a church or ministry organization;

3. Be exposed to key tax and regulatory compliance issues for a church or ministry organization;

4. Be exposed to key liability law issues for a church or ministry organization;

5. Be exposed to key contract law issues for a church or ministry organization;

6. Be exposed to key intellectual property issues for a church or ministry organization;

6. Be aware of the church’s historical role in legal reform and civil disobedience.