Compliance With Rules, Laws & Standards
As we begin implementing the Income Development Plan,
we must make sure we are complying with all the legal rules and regulations of the State of South Carolina and the United
States of America and its territories, while fulfilling our obligations to the Church, our families, vendors, customers, corporate
sponsors and program participants.
All of us live by rules that are written in the Biblical text, the legal language
of the law and, more often than not, those unwritten rules of courtesy, kindness and fairness. Rules ensure our physical
safety, assure us of fair and equal treatment, point the way to the achievement of our goals and replace friction with good
will in social interaction.
Because we will be growing continuously, we must make a special effort to ensure
our conduct is consistant with the best interests of our Church/es, vendors, customers and the community that will look to
us for leadership and guidance relative to the Income Development Plan. Our personal
behavior must; at all times, be morally responsible, ethical, socially acceptable and of the highest possible standard.
As we grow and develop, we will have a unique relationship with the
Christian community, the general& public, government/s, the business community/ies and the customers we will be serving.
Our continued existence depends on their confidence in us. We must earn that confidence every day through the integrity,
discretion and care with which all of us respond to their needs.
We must also be aware of the socio-economic
needs of the various publics that can benefit from implementing the Income Devlopment Plan,
now commonly and hereafter called the IDP. As
stated on our Home Page, when government (local, state and/or federal), corporations and/or small businesses can no longer
provide adequate employment for Church members, it is up to the Church Leadership and the Church Membership to do something.
The IDP is the first step in that direction.
By taking this bold step, working men and women or anyone that desires to improve his/her socio-economic condition in life
can do so through productive enterprise, education and personal development, rather than succumb to the corrupting influence
of alcohol, illegal drugs, crime and/or violence.
In addition, we must never forget the debt of gratitude we owe to the vendors whose products
and services we will be marketing. Without their continued support, the IDP
would not be possible. It is important to remember, that the skills and efforts of Church Leaders and
Church members are essential to the continued success of the IDP. Every
person that enters into a contractural or voluntary relationship with us, is important to us.
Therefore, every Christian should always be the best he/she can be, by striving for excellence
in our Christian Walk, personal life and in our business endeavors. Every Christian is encouraged to acquire new knowledge
and skills, so he/she and the IDP can grow together. Let us never forget our purpose for being, who we serve (GOD Almighty {YHVH} and the Lord Jesus the Christ) and
why we are here. Therefore, it is important that all involved and all the time promote the proper image of the IDP to the public.
Therefore, when you go out as a representative of the IDP,
be neat, professional and conservatively attired, especially when you are actively engaged in marketing or selling goods and/or
services to the general public or approaching someone about the IDP or introducing
the IDP to others.
What The IDP Is Not
Even though it is very important to know what the IDP
is, it is just as important to know what the IDP is not. The IDP is not a company, small business, corporation, ad hoc committee, club or a mutual benevolent
society. The IDP is not an employment agency, job service, job bank, a Church
ministry or a non profit organization, even though any Church ministry or non profit organization can use its concepts to
increase income for its members or anyone that desires to increase his/her income from personal effort.
The IDP does not pay salaries or wages, hires or
fires, nor does it have officers. The IDP is exactly what it is being described
as being - A Plan - that allows Church leaders and Church members to organize
around and within to effectively increase income for Church members so that they will be able to pay their tithes, increase
offerings and improve their financial situation.
Because the IDP is secular in nature (not religious
or connected to a "Church"), anyone, anywhere in the world can participate in it for reasons other than those mentioned.
Therefore, it is important to remember all income earned within the IDP
is earned from individual effort, intelligent organization, personal commitment and GOD'S (YHVH'S) blessings.
