A large and growing number of congregations are setting up church-based nonprofit organizations in order to operate community development or educational programs. Joy Skjegstad outlines the step-by-step procedures

for setting up a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization connected to a congregation using simple, easy-to-understand terminology and plenty of examples from churches that have already taken on this task.

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