A Call to Order

Churches and church leaders increasingly find themselves locked in court battles and mounting conflict over legal struggles. Among the reasons for this are:

• A shifting societal landscape, and redefinition and departure from the scriptural view of marriage and human sexuality;
• Failure to provide safe harbors by adopting carefully drawn organizational documents;
• Neglecting to examine internal governing structures and not building in protections for clergy, church leaders, staff, and church me...