Our panel will be made up of bankers that lay out for you what is happeing today in the financial world, especially as it applys to churches and non=profit organizations as well as answer your questions.

Be sure to tell you friends about this call. This is information every church leader needs to know.

If you or anyone you know is even in the earliest of stages of starting to think that maybe someday we will need to change your facilities or relocate, you need to hear this Pastor Cast and maybe more.

It is my pleasure to introduce you to The National Center for Church Architecture and it’s founders Keith Crouch and Russell Maddoux. We have watched these men serve the Baptist churches in North Texas for years and are so happy that they are now in a position to share their wealth of knowledge and wisdom with all churches.

We invite you to listen to this brief introduction and then visit their website at www.tncca.net.

Founding principal of Alliance Architects located in North Dallas, Charlie Reagan has over 25 years of experience in the design and construction of religious and educational facilities, as well as corporate office relocations, data centers and interiors.

Charlie has extensive expertise in site selection, programming and design, as well as a comprehensive understanding of construction and the process crucial to completing a successful building program.

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Prepare. It’s never too late to grab one of these great deals if you prepare.

Last month we talked about some of the incredible opportunities that are available for churches to purchase commercial/retail buildings and convert them for church use.

This month we will tackle the question of how to get one of these great deals. What are the next steps? What exactly do you need to do to position yourself to take full advantage of the bargains that are out there?

We will go through a six step process that has been proven over the course of time in our service as The Church Real Estate Professionals® to hundreds of churches over the past 20 plus years.

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EMJ Corporation is a large General Contractor doing business across the United States. Some of you know that Service Realty has been working on building a data base of commercial properties that may be available now or in the future at greatly reduced prices due to the current economic situation and its fall out on some businesses and investors.

In order to be ready to take advantage of those situations for churches we have been evaluating these properties as they come available and we have enlisted the help of the construction management team at EMJ. Our main contact in this effort is Michael Monsalve based in Dallas.

Larry Davis, Executive Vice President of EMJ will be our guest speaker this month, so be sure to tell all your pastor and administrator friends to join us on the live call or to catch the replay.

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Churches typically use a calendar year even though their operating cycles run fall to summer. Therefore, changing your reporting year from calendar to fiscal makes more sense and offers many benefits. In this Pastorcast you will learn those benefits.

This month’s Speaker
Bill Sims, CPA

Salmon Sims Thomas & Associates

William H. Sims, CPA, is a vice president and director at Salmon Sims Thomas where he manages the Firm’s Nonprofit Organizations Division. Bill’s practice focus includes audit, tax and operational consulting for nonprofit organizations, employee benefit plans and closely held businesses. more…

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The SON Group is led by Nilon Elliott who has spent 26 plus years as Senior Vice President with one of the most successful capital fundraising organizations in North America. Nilon has participated in over 900 Capital STEWARDSHIP and Offertory Enhancement campaigns; and he pioneered in the introduction of STEWARDSHIP for Catholic Parish fundraising.
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In the case of protecting your church from the expense of a lawsuit or fines or both as it pertains to protecting your members personal information it could well be a dime’s worth of prevention is better than $100,000 worth of cure!

You will do yourself and your church a BIG favor by taking the time to listen to this presentation by George Flint, partner at Flint-Lambert, PC. in Plano, Texas.

The good news is this is not a difficult problem to prevent. The bad news is that most churches completely overlook the need to have an program in place to stop these issues.

If you have questions please use the Question Link on the left side of the Replay page. If you like what you hear, if it helps you in anyway, please tell a friend by clicking on Tell My Friend on this page.

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