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The ministry of the Christian Law Association began with a phone call from a pastor in Ohio. As a young attorney, David C. Gibbs, Jr., could hardly believe his ears as the pastor relayed how his church was being sued by the state…
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The Christian Law Association offers a wide variety of services, free of charge, to churches, ministries, and Christians. Some of these services include free legal counsel to churches and Christians for their ministries…
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Remembering a Faithful Prayer Warrior: Thomas Alan Stokes – November 8, 1948 – June 16, 2026
For more than a decade, the Christian Law Association was blessed by the faithful prayers of a very special friend, Thomas “Tom” Stokes. Tom was blind, but he never allowed that limitation to keep him from asking what he could do for the Lord and for others....
Church Safety Minute
If your church experiences a power outage during a service, the pastoral staff and members of the security team should encourage everyone to remain seated until the lights come back on or until an alternate source of light can be obtained. The security team...
Recent Religious Liberty Victories Bring Encouragement
Across America, courts continue to affirm important constitutional protections for churches, ministries, religious schools, and people of faith. Recent decisions have reinforced the rights of believers to freely exercise their faith, protected religious...




