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By Doug Lohrey
Associate Executive Director/ CFO with the Colorado Baptist General Convention
Can I deduct the value of volunteer work I do for the church?
No, the value of volunteer work you do for the church can never be a contribution.
If I do some work around the church and get reimbursed for my labor and the items I purchased to complete the job, can I just ask them to add this amount to my contribution statement?
No, the church is not allowed to add this amount to your contribution statement, but they can cut you a check and then you give that money back to the church. It would be best to cash the church check and then write a personal check to the church, but you can just endorse the church check back over to the church. Read more
New Orleans, LA – Mary Kassian, married to Brent Kassian (Chaplain for a professional football team), the mother of three sons, as well as the Distinguished Professor of Women’s Studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is this year’s featured speaker for the 2012 Southern Baptist Convention Ministers’ Wives Luncheon in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday, June 19 at 12:00 Noon at the Morial Convention Center in Hall B-1.
By Duffy Deardorff, BFC Operations Director
In the last few days and weeks I have been privileged to work with a number of churches who have found out some very disturbing news. Listed here are a few of the scenarios. 
