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``Comprehensive Church Legal Audits & Risk Management
Religious organizations, churches, and faith-based nonprofits may encounter issues involving First Amendment doctrine, federal tax law, employment law, property use, child safety, insurance, and premises liability. Outdated governance documents, unclear authority provisions, inconsistent facility use practices, or incomplete employment policies may increase legal uncertainty and should be reviewed in light of the organization and its actual operations.
Our Ministry & Religious Organization Audit is designed to identify governance, operational, employment, property, tax, and risk management topics that may warrant further review by counsel.
We review governing documents, lines of authority, religious functions, and employment practices in light of church autonomy, ecclesiastical abstention, and the ministerial exception. These doctrines are fact specific, do not govern every dispute, and do not arise solely from labels or contract language.
Beyond governance, a review may address youth safety procedures, Michigan reporting duties, pastoral care and licensed counseling distinctions, school or child care licensing, entity and insurance structure, property tax treatment, and intellectual property permissions for recorded or streamed services.