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The UK EA has freely released some legal framework documents<\/a> that may be of particular interest to you if your church is in Britain and is led by one of its employees and\/or decisions are not taken by a vote of the full membership. Legal changes have led to the following announcement: <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Evangelical Alliance and the Charity Commission<\/a> have announced the completion of three model governing documents that provide guidance for independent churches. These documents are the culmination of four years of work.<\/p>\n

The documents set out the proper checks and balances required to allow paid church leaders to take appropriate leadership responsibilities as church charity trustees, manage any potential conflicts of interest, and offer churches a legal structure to help govern their charity.<\/p>\n

The work, initiated in 2003, was primarily designed to strengthen accountability and governance of new independent churches. The model governing documents have been drawn up by the Evangelical Alliance, African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance,<\/a> Anthony Collins<\/a> (solicitors) and Stewardship<\/a>, in partnership with the Charity Commission . . .\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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