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What makes church & non-profits law unique?
What makes church & non-profits law unique?
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maryland’s law
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concerning churches and religious and
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nonprofit organizations is rooted
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in the state’s history of religious
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freedom which is the oldest such
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tradition in the united states
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while most of the colonies in the first
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13 states were organized around the
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religious faith of its set lords
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colonial maryland instead declared
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freedom of religion
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becoming the first place in the
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english-speaking world to do so
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and adopting what is was called the act
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of toleration in 1649
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and from that history as the birthplace
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of religious liberty
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came a body of law that’s unique in
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america now over the last 30 years we
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have built at ferguson shetland blue
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a church and non-profit practice group
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that understands this law
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we understand the history so we know how
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it came to be
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we understand it philosophically so we
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know how it’s structured
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and we understand it practically so that
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we can give real answers to current
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questions
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so much so that jocelyn simanowski and i
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have authored
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the leading text on maryland church law
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that’s available to lawyers and church
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pastors and lay leaders
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but it’s more than just excellence in
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understanding and applying the law
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those at the firm who work with churches
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and nonprofits
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share the passion of their goals and the
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commitment to their ministry and their
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service
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and it’s because of this combined
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professional knowledge and personal
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commitment
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that our church and non-profit practice
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has grown to be national
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serving christian organizations across america
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Baltimore, MD business lawyer Thomas J. Schetelich explains what makes church law unique.
