Do You Have Questions? 

We appreciate the fact that the very nature of this ministry may prompt you to have a few questions. If you do have questions, we believe that's a good thing because it means we've got you thinking.

We very much want to promptly address your questions, and we'll explain here the best way to ensure that happens.

This ministry is now in its tenth year of operation. So it's unlikely that you'd have a question that someone else hasn't already asked, and that we hadn't already answered, a long time ago. The issue is not "Can we answer your question?", but "How will we answer your question?" Our concern is not if we have an answer (more than likely we do), but rather the logistics of getting you your answer.

How do we efficiently answer all those questions in a way that we don't have to keep repeating ourselves? We're doing so by taking advantage of those technologies that facilitate the efficient use of everyone's time (like this web site). In this way, we can answer a question once, and anyone who later comes here with the same question will immediately have their answer. This saves us all a lot of time, and as busy as we are, we believe that saving time is not only a good idea, it's good stewardship.

No, you won't get that personalized touch from a live person on the other end of the phone, or even just a personal response to your email. As much as we'd like to be able to personally talk to everyone one-on-one, our limited resources just don't afford us the opportunity. But if you take a few minutes to review this web site, odds are very good that you will find the answer to your question (or at least you'll know what to order to get your question fully addressed).

The 501c3 Church Forum:

The very first place to find answers to some of the most common questions we receive is at our Frequently Asked Questions page (which is part of our 501c3 Church Forum).

The next place to go to have your questions addressed is the 501c3 Church Forum. Before posting any questions, be sure you perform a Forum Search to make certain the question hasn't been asked and answered before (remember, we're trying to make efficient use of our time, and this will hopefully save you some time, as well).

You don't need to establish a Forum account in order to just read the Forums. However, if you wish to post anything you will need to establish an account (there is no charge to do so). You can use your proper name to establish the account, or you can use a nickname or alias. If you goof up when establishing the account, please don't send us an email like, "Could you please resend my Forum account activation information. I accidentally deleted it" (remember, we're trying to make efficient use of our time). If you lost your account information, just open a new account with a new user name.

"How-To" Questions:

We are frequently asked a select and rather limited number of "how-to" questions. Most all the "how-to" questions revolve around how to unlicense a church or ministry and organize and operate as a free-church or free-ministry. These include:

• How do we unlicense our church (or ministry)?
• How do we get rid of the 501c3?
• How do we get rid of the EIN?
• How do we organize a free-church?
• How do we open a bank account without an EIN?
• What kind of organizational documents should we have (if any)?
• Are contributions to our free-church tax-deductible?
• How do we hold title to real estate and other assets?
• etc.

While there aren't a significant number of issues one needs to know in order to successfully unlicense an incorporated 501c3 church and operate as a free-church, it does take a fair amount of time to answer such questions competently and thoroughly. Therefore, it would not only be unreasonable (and certainly inefficient), it would be utterly impossible for us to answer such questions via phone, email, or letter of everyone who has them -- there just aren't enough hours in the day. There is, however, a good solution.

We've made an enormous effort to address all those "how-to's" at our National Unlicensed Church Conference. Since not everyone can attend that conference, we've had it professionally videotaped and make it available here. Every church or ministry that wants to unlicense and/or organize and operate as a free-church or free-ministry, needs the conference videos and should get them.

If you ask us a question that is already answered in the conference videos, such as, "How do we open a bank account for our free-church?", don't be surprised if we respond, "The answer to your question is contained in tape 6 of the conference videos: The Free-Church & Banking, and the documents you'll need for opening the account are contained in the conference syllabus."

Every now and then there will be someone who simply won't accept that kind of response. They'd rather we repeat, just for them, the content of tape 6 (which took 50 minutes to present at the conference) so that they don't have to purchase the conference videos. Needless to say, that would be an extraordinarily inefficient use of our time and resources, and we just can't afford to do it.

Phone Consultations:

We realize that what some people want, or may insist upon (and may sometimes even legitimately need) is personal one-on-one communication with us. If you require counsel for a special or unusual issue which is not addressed in our materials, or which may be an urgent matter that needs to be addressed prior to your being able to review our materials, you may schedule a phone consultation with us.

Gifts, Offerings, Ongoing Financial Support:

There are many thousands of churches and ministries which are completely unaware of this ministry and the vital message we are proclaiming. We need to do a more effective job of reaching them, but there is no way we can do so unless we can substantially expand this ministry. That expansion will require far more funding than the modest amount we receive from our books and tapes. If you believe in what we're doing, we ask that you prayerfully consider financially supporting this ministry by designating a gift or offering.

Our Mission Plan is available for download (pdf / Acrobat), for those who want to have some more detailed information about this ministry, prior to making a financial commitment.

Order Inquiries:

Although it's already mentioned on the Catalog page, as well as on the order forms in our books, it probably bears repeating here. Typical delivery time is 4-6 weeks after placing your order.

Some people who order our materials online will think it helpful to make an inquiry within a day. or a week. or two, and want to know if we got their order. The same applies to those who order by mail. In some cases, the person is so impatient that they don't even allow adequate time for the postal service to deliver their letter in the mail to us before they make their order inquiry. Such inquiries don't speed the order process (usually just the opposite).

If you order online you should have already received an order confirmation email. Asking us a question like, "Did you get my order?", won't get your order processed any faster (probably just the opposite will happen). If you order online, and you have furnished an email address in your order, you will receive an email confirmation when your order ships.

Please don't bug us about the delivery status of your order. Please don't ask questions like, ”Did you get my order?" or "Have you processed my order yet?" or "When will my order ship?" (unless it's been at least 6 weeks). "Typical delivery" is also no guarantee. It might take longer than 4-6 weeks. This is a small ministry (not a "business") and our resources are limited. We don't have a "customer service department" like a Barnes & Noble (come to think of it, Barnes & Noble often takes longer than 6 weeks).

If it's been at least 6 weeks, and you are confident it's been that long, and you aren't just guessing at how long it's been (we have had innumerable instances of people claiming they placed an order much longer ago than they actually did) then feel free to send an order inquiry to: no501c3 (at) gmail (dot) com

Please be realistic in your expectations of us. We appreciate the fact that you may be eager to receive your materials. However, we equally appreciate your patience.

Rush Orders:

We sometimes receive requests (which sometimes border on demands) that we process an order on a "RUSH" basis. Remarkably enough, rush requests seldom ever include any additional funds to cover the time and inconvenience of having to drop everything else we're doing to rush an order out. As a general policy, we do not process "RUSH" orders. Rather, we process on a "first come first served" basis.

Charges To Your Credit Card:

Heal Our Land Ministries does not have a "merchant account" and, therefore, we have no means of directly processing credit cards ourselves. Our online order system accepts credit cards by processing them through 2checkout.com. Any charges to your credit card will appear on your billing statement as "2checkout.com".

Occassionally someone will complain that their credit card was charged prior to their order having been shipped, or in the case of a debit card their account was debited prior to their order shipping. This is not a matter that we have any control over. The only way that we could control that process is if we were able to process credit cards directly ourselves, and that would necessitate our obtaining a "merchant account." Getting a merchant account requires applying for an EIN, and we don't plan on getting one of those.

There are two separate parties involved in handling your online order. Heal Our Land Ministries takes care of shipping the items. 2checkout.com takes care of processing your credit card. 2checkout.com processes your credit card at the time you place your order. 2checkout.com has no mechanism for delaying the processing of your card until Heal Our Land Ministries ships your order.

For those who have an objection to this procedure, they always have the option of mailing us their order, along with a check or money order, rather than ordering online with their credit card.

Brochures: 

Some people don't have internet access (hard to imagine, isn't it?), but they need to know about this ministry. The best way for them to find out is if you tell them about us. Once you do so, we can mail them a brochure upon your request (include name, address, and name of church/ministry, if applicable). Please let them know to expect it or they may treat it as junk mail and throw it out. This is especially important when we mail a brochure to a pastor. If the pastor has a secretary, the pastor's secretary is the gatekeeper by which nothing will get past, unless the pastor has first authorized it with her.

Conferences, Speaking Engagements and Bio:

One of our goals is to do a much more effective job of reaching the many thousands of churches that are completely unaware of the vital message that we bring. For that we really need your help, and one of the most helpful things you could do is to sponsor and organize a free-church conference in your locale. If you'd be interested in hosting a conference, please review the Let My People Go itinerary for helpful information.

Mr. Kershaw is available for conferences, public speaking engagements, and preaching. Our usual policy is that you cover all travel expenses (flight, ground transportation, hotel, meals) and an honorarium. A bio is available for download. Contact no501c3 (at) gmail (dot) com to make arrangements. Please try to book Mr. Kershaw at least 30 days in advance of your event.

Interviews and Articles:

Mr. Kershaw is available for radio, television, newspaper and magazine interviews, and to write articles for periodicals.  If you are in a position to arrange any of these, or would like to assist us, please contact us at no501c3 (at) gmail (dot) com

Linking To This Web Site and Banners:

We're always grateful to those who link to this ministry from their own web sites. Many folks have already done so, and we appreciate their efforts in helping us get the word out. In most cases you don't need to seek prior permission in order to link to any page on this ministry's web site. Just go ahead and do it. As a courtesy, please send us an email at no501c3 (at) gmail (dot) com with a link directing us to the page(s) on your web site where our link(s) appears.

Banners and html code for linking to us are available at Link Instructions.

Use Of This Ministry's Email Addresses: 

Don't add us to your email list without first obtaining our permission.

If we didn't specifically ask you to put us on your email list, we will consider it spam and report it.

Your use of any of this Ministry's email addresses constitutes your understanding and agreement that they will only be used for personal and direct communication with this ministry. You may not use any ______@hushmoney.org email address for mail list purposes, group lists, solicitations, or otherwise. In other words if you're selling something or you CC it to us and others, we don't want it and will not appreciate you for sending it. CC's are especially aggravating because someone on your CC list is likely to poach our email address, add it to their own email list, and then it just snowballs from there.

Disclaimer: 

Neither Heal Our Land Ministries, or its overseer Peter Kershaw, engages in the so-called “practice of law.” Only licensed attorneys are authorized by the powers that be to “practice” law. God is the author of Law, and our use of it is strictly based upon the exercise of our sincerely-held religious beliefs. To be derelict in our use of His Laws would be to apostatize our faith. Furthermore, it is our religious duty to instruct the church in how the governments of man have, very much like the Pharisees, circumvented, repudiated and trampled upon God's Law with their man-made statutes, regulations and ordinances.

Jesus Christ has decreed that we, “Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:20). Our role is strictly religious and educational in nature; to train and equip you to, as much as is practicable, be able to perform any necessary legal functions of your church or ministry on your own, without the representation of an attorney. Under no circumstances will we attempt to, nor will we accept a position, whereby we represent (“attorn”) you.

However, should you at any time require the “assistance of Counsel,” which you are guaranteed the right of under Article 6 of the Bill of Rights, you may make arrangements with us for a phone consultation.

We make no express or implied warranties as to the suitability of any of our materials for your specific needs and requirements. The information is both of a general and a specific nature, and the intent is to provide a foundation of study upon which to build your knowledge of law, theology, history, and other vital subjects. Nothing expressed herein, or in any of the materials or services we offer here or elsewhere, is to be construed as “legal advice or recommendation.”