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• • Regulated Entertainment

    As well as covering the sale of alcohol, the Licensing Act 2003 regulates the provision of entertainment such as live music and showing films. In most cases churches will be exempt from the requirement to obtain a licence, but Local...

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  • Reporting on public benefit

    What to say about public benefit in your Trustees’ Annual Report (TAR).

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  • Do you need to register with the Charity Commission?

    All charities are required to register with the Charity Commission unless they are exempt or excepted. It is very unlikely that your church will be an exempt charity but it may be an excepted charity.

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• • Baptisms during hosepipe bans

    Churches carrying out baptisms in areas affected by the hosepipe bans should consider whether or not the ban applies and whether they can use the left-over water for other purposes.

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  • a church’s guide to Facebook: part 4

    How do you make good use of your shiny new Facebook Page?

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  • a church’s guide to Facebook: part 3

    Article 3 of 4. This time we actually look at how to set up a Facebook Page for your church.

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• • Leaseback Arrangements

    It is not uncommon for a pastor who owns his own house to lease the house to the church trustees, who in turn allow the pastor and his family to live in the accommodation under a service occupancy. The incentive for doing this is that it...

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  • The Purpose of marriage

    Marriage is a relationship between "one man and one woman for life". But why is that the case?

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  • a church’s guide to Facebook: part 2

    The second of four articles looking at how a church can make good use of Facebook.

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