Thank you for participating in the 2022 Ohio Rostered Ministers Gathering! Included with this e-mail is the Resource List that was “crowd-sourced” during the event and which also includes annotated resources from Dr. Leah Schade and resources from Braver Angels. Dr. Schade has also made her PowerPoint presentations and handouts...

We received information from Pr. Amy Reumann of ELCA Advocacy regarding applications for the Paycheck Protection Program. The next two weeks are set aside only for applications from businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 staff (i.e., most churches!), because these entities have been disadvantaged in the application process in...

Portico Benefit Services offers a set of annually updated Richard R. Hammar tax guides at no cost to pastors and congregations participating in the ELCA benefit program. Both 2020 editions address the tax-related impacts of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed in March 2020. Clergy and...