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Church and Funeral Directors in Partnership

By Bill Stalter on February 9, 2017
Posted in Churches/Ritual

We came across the Dioceses of Liverpool website some time ago when researching the income tax consequences of church sponsored preneed programs.  We had found that preneed funeral programs in England, Canada and Australia were often established and operated independent of the funeral home.  With a high cremation rate, English churches saw an opportunity to…

Pastoral Undertaking: A Case for Prearranging Funerals

By Bill Stalter on December 16, 2016
Posted in Churches/Ritual, Preplanning

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship website is a good source for articles on funeral ministry, and the Conversation Project reminded us of Reverend Marc Nelesen’s post about his conversation with a congregate who had prepared for her funeral. Rev. Nelesen describes how the congregate went to great lengths to plan her funeral, and to…

Cooperation with Clergy

By Bill Stalter on July 31, 2011
Posted in Churches/Ritual, Cremation, Funeral

The Saturday edition of the Kansas City Star includes a section titled “Faith” that is devoted to the issues of religion. A few weeks ago, Star reporter Helen Gray wrote two different Faith articles regarding local funeral trends: cremation and one funeral operation’s focus on working closer with churches.

The cremation article offered the…

William Stalter is the founder of Stalter Legal Services and the Preneed Resource Company. Bill focuses his law practice on preneed and death care compliance, serving banks, funeral homes, crematories, and cemeteries. He has written multiple published articles…

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