The joke may roam; the treasury must not.
Three directors form the Council of Lamps. Doctrine may celebrate holy foolishness; fiduciary administration does not.
Directors
The Church has three initial board members. Names and officer roles should be published only when the Board elects to make them public.
Current institutional status
The Church is being formed and operated before seeking a federal determination recognizing church classification. Public descriptions will distinguish current facts from future goals.
Financial boundary
A religious purpose must be genuine before the expense occurs. A later joke, article, database entry, photograph, or ministry label does not retroactively turn a personal benefit into a Church expense.
If the Church transfers property to a member or worker in exchange for content or services, the transaction must be analyzed as compensation, a program grant, or another bona fide exempt-purpose transaction at reasonable value. Church-owned vehicles and other mixed-use assets require contemporaneous use records and separate treatment of personal use where applicable.
Records we mean to keep
Every Gathering
Date, speaker, original talk, doctrine, attendance count, service order, discussion summary, and archive link.
Every material expense
Purpose fixed in advance, approval, receipt, participants or program served, and supporting use records.
Every course
Curriculum, teacher, completion date, attendance/completion evidence, practicum, and ordination action.
Every board action
Minutes, recusals, compensation comparisons, investment decisions, and policy changes.