Assignments for this course take the form of written summaries, research, and analysis. They are designed to help us work through the course objectives, while keeping a focus on our spiritual growth through conceptual learning.

For each assignment, please develop a document and submit it to me in either Microsoft Word or HTML format (your word processing software should permit you to do a "save as" and choose either of those formats).

Week 1 Reading Assignment : human resource law issues for a church or ministry organization.

Read  these articles describing various scenarios and how to deal with them.

http://www.bwwlaw.com/kycooc/news/qna.htm  

http://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1933/November/the-legal-status-of-the-clergyman

http://www.mediate.com/ccr/pg41.cfm

http://www.absc.org/church-staff/tax-and-legal-issues.html

Week 1 Writing Assignment

Write a 8-10 page paper about issues facing the church and how to deal with them. You my use

Other resources as long as you cite them.

Week 2 Reading Assignment tax and regulatory compliance issues for a church or ministry organization;

http://atheism.about.com/od/churchestaxexemptions/Tax_Exempt_Churches_Religious_Freedom_vs_Tax_Exemptions.htm

http://www.tnbaptist.org/page.asp?page=82

http://www.churchlawtoday.com/newminlesson.php?144

Week 2 Writing Assignment

Write a 8-10 page paper on the tax compliance issues for a church or ministry feel to use other resources as long as you cite them. 

Week 3 Reading Assignment  liability law issues for a church or ministry organization

http://www.mbcb.org/church_growth/pld/legal.aspx

http://www.dougbrittonbooks.com/onlinebiblestudies-biblicalcounselingandmentoring/churchmarriagementoring-negligenceandlegalliability.asp

http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/articles/645/69h291059198347.html

Week 3 Writing Assignment

Write a 8-10 page paper on the liability issues for a church or ministry feel to use other resources as long as you cite them. 

Week 4 Reading Assignment contract law issues for a church or ministry organization

http://copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html

http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/contracts-agreements/2976267-1.html

Week 4 Writing Assignment

Write a 8-10 page paper on the contract laws for a church or ministry feel to use other resources as long as you cite them. 

Week 5 Reading Assignment  intellectual property issues for a church or ministry organization

http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/articles/644/644_921asset.html

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/fhcc/propertykey.html

http://www.benedict.com/

Week 5 Writing Assignment

Write a 8-10 page paper on the intellectual property issues for a church or ministry organization feel to use other resources as long as you cite them 

FINAL ASSIGNMENT  the church’s historical role in legal reform and civil disobedience

http://etext.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-53

http://www.answers.com/topic/civil-disobedience?cat=biz-fin

http://www.ag.org/top/Beliefs/contempissues_12_civil_disobedien.cfm

http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=action.cpw&item=cpw_civil_disobedience

http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/MLK-jail.html

Week 6 Writing Assignment

Write a 8-10 page paper on the church’s historical role in legal reform and civil disobedience  to use other resources as long as you cite them