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Risk Management

Adventist Risk Management®, Inc. (ARM) serves as the official insurance and risk management provider for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its ministries around the world. 

The Texas Conference Risk Management team collaborates with ARM to ensure safety and compliance for churches, including music and video licenses, schools, club ministries, children’s programs, youth ministries, and other approved ministries within the Texas Conference.  

onference congregation name listed in eAdventist and the local church treasurer’s txsda email account. Please keep that email on the account for consistency. Song reporting is required for some licenses. Contact CCS and CCLI for more information.

Beginning in 2023, all Texas Conference churches, companies and groups listed in eAdventist are required to have these licenses. They are essential as copyright infringement can result in fines of up to $150,000 per work infringement. Texas Conference purchases the licenses and bills the respective Texas Conference church, company or group showing due diligence. Most licenses have a base cost and increase based on average weekly attendance.

Thank you for taking copyright seriously in all areas, including taking photographs off the Internet (Yes, most photographs have a copyright).

We encourage you to check out these resources for better understanding.

CCLI Streaming Plus license applies when the service is shown on an official church account that matches the license name listed in eAdventist. It does not cover items shown on a personal account.

Texas Conference pastors, treasurers and local church communication directors can email communication@txsda.org for CVLI login information.

The Risk Management Team