The Academy of Church Law and Ethics
Church leaders routinely tell us they feel unequipped to handle organizational decisions with ethical and moral implications. Does that surprise you? Certainly church leaders should be able to make a moral decision. In short, they can. However, in many instances they cannot make that decision alone. How many pastors have been fired for saying no? How many pastors have been chastised for making a decision without consulting all the stakeholders. It happens all the time. On top of that, many pastors do not know what they need to do to comply with the law. Church law was not taught at their seminary. At the Academy, we work to change that by equipping church leaders with the knowledge and skills they need to ethically and legally lead their church.
Josh Bryant
Josh Bryant is an attorney and ordained pastor living in Northwest Arkansas. He has eleven years of legal experience, the last six of which have been strictly dedicated to providing legal services on a general counsel and ad hoc basis. As a pastor and attorney, Josh Bryant understands the need to balance ministry needs and church growth with legal compliance and best practices. He has experience dealing with issues that churches face such as bylaws and church governance, good church policy manuals that provide protection while still fueling church growth, copyright and other intellectual property, child protection, employment issues, facility security, capital campaigns, property, leasing, building projects, events that carry inherent risks, and more.
Josh Bryant has an undergraduate degree in History and Political Science from Henderson State University, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law, and a Master of Divinity from Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary. He is pursuing his doctorate in ethics from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.