CARES Act Payroll Protection Program Loans

New guidelines have been issued for the CARES Act Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans, and this page offers the latest webinar detailing the changes, along with a copy of the application.

Important Questions for Churches

Several churches have wrestled with the question of taking federal funds for their church and whether or not it violates the separation of church and state? Russell Moore from the ERLC addresses that question here.

New York City’s mayor became frustrated with a few churches refusing to comply with the stay at home orders and made comments about possibly shutting them down, which then led to larger questions of the government’s jurisdiction over churches. Bruce Ashford, Provost of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, answers the question: “Can the Government Permanently Shut Down Churches?”

Scott Hildreth, director of the Center for Great Commission Studies and Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, answers the question: How can we leverage this Easter for evangelism?

Technology-Specific

The MET Church and Westbury Baptist have both offered their campuses for other churches to shoot their sermons. For Westbury, churches would need to bring someone to operate the tech (1 person) in addition to the preacher and should email Brandon directly to schedule an appointment.

Lifeway is offering their CCLI license to churches for use in their streaming. This allows churches to stream over 300,000 worship songs without having to worry about copyright infringement.