Navigating Freedom

With Fifth Element Free Church

Preventing Government Overreach For Sovereign Ministries

ABOUT THE COURSE

Navigating Freedom equips churches and ministries with the knowledge needed to operate confidently as an unregistered or unincorporated spiritual entity while remaining compliant with applicable law, including reliance on 15 U.S.C. § 508(c)(1)(A). It covers the essentials of nonprofit law, proper donation receipt practices, housing allowances, and trusts and financial stewardship, all framed around protecting God-given rights and preserving religious freedom. The focus is on practical, real-world guidance that supports ministry integrity while navigating separation of church and state.

Navigating Freedom Includes:

The Basics of Non-Profit Laws
Proper Donation Receipt Practices
Housing Allowances
Trusts & Financial Stewardship

Our easy to follow lessons include all necessary forms and templates for your ministry's use.

$497 includes all 25 lessons
3.5 hours of video
Downloadable templates
Life time access to course along with any updates to the material.

HOW TO KNOW IF NAVIGATING FREEDOM IS
THE RIGHT COURSE FOR YOU:

Your rights are God-given, and understanding how to protect them is the most important form of ministry that we can undertake here at Fifth Element. Introducing our online course: Navigating Freedom - Preventing Government Overreach for Sovereign Ministries. If you are operating an unregistered and/or unincorporated spiritual entity in reliance upon 15 U.S.C. § 508(c)(1)(A), this course has invaluable information for staying on the right side of the law.

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Our Promise To You:

Enrollment in Navigating Freedom brings with it a profound sense of relief and safety, as you gain the knowledge necessary to operate your private membership entity with both integrity and confidence. This course empowers you to navigate complex nonprofit and trust laws, ensuring that you can prevent government overreach with simple but effective front-end planning. With clear guidance on proper donation receipt practices and financial stewardship, you'll find answers to the pressing questions you've had, but that no one seems to be able to answer. This course will equip you with the tools necessary for sustainable, ethical operations; embrace the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you're building a solid foundation for your mission.

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What People Are Saying About Fifth Element:

Dr. Dawn Larimar, Director of Live Fully Integrative Health

"I love being a ministry, allowing me to serve authentically. The support, clarity, and community are truly invaluable. Onboarding was simple, and the ordainment education gave me everything I needed to step into this role with confidence. I feel so grateful to be a ministry, and the continued support from Fifth Element Free Church has been my anchor."

Meet The Ministers

Freedom Was Calling. We Answered.

Fifth Element Free Church was officially founded in 2023 by Jessica D'Angio and Jordan Bernard. Since then, our community has grown to include more than two dozen ministries, spanning across thirteen states (and counting!). We have ministries serving their communities in various fields, including but not limited to: agriculture, education, holistic health, elder care, pre and post-partum services and general spiritual maintenance practices. Our intention at Fifth Element Free Church is to help people find God in their own way, and on their own timeline. We promote sacred sovereignty above all else.

Trustees

Trustee

Jordan Bernard

Jordan is a lover of coffee, quiet moments, and ideas that challenge the status quo. For over a decade, her path has woven through healthcare, holistic practice, and ministry, always guided by a desire to create systems that are more transparent, human, and free. After leaving conventional healthcare, Jordan built her own direct primary care practice, which revealed how intentionally isolated many independent practitioners and small businesses are.

Through this journey, she discovered the importance of integrity, authentic communication, and honoring the spirit of agreements—along with a deeper understanding of the difference between what is legal and what is truly lawful. She now applies these insights to help ministries, leaders, and entrepreneurs create sustainable structures beyond the limitations of old paradigms. In this season of transition, Jordan is committed to living gently, intuitively, and intentionally—honoring integrity, fostering connection, and helping others imagine new possibilities for how to live, work, and heal.

Trustee

Jessica D'Angio

Jessica received her Juris Doctorate from Emory School of Law in 2003, and was admitted to practice law in New York in 2004, and in Massachusetts in 2010. She has since designated herself as retired from both bar associations, preferring to counsel people on their rights in the private domain. Jessica is a Constitutional scholar who has argued before the Supreme Court, and has been published several times on Constitutional issues. She has practice experience in the fields of general business litigation, real estate, administrative law, and law enforcement. She taught law to undergraduates at Brandeis University for more than a decade. Now, Jessica runs her own ministry, and assists others in forming ministries and navigating the private domain. She’s a single mom of four, a practicing astrologer, an avid yogi and an active member of the recovery community.

Board of Advisors

Advisor

Jay Warren

Dr. Jay Warren has dedicated his career to helping people live happy and healthy lives. He has been a prenatal and pediatric chiropractor for over 20 years, and he practices inside a multidisciplinary prenatal wellness center in San Diego, CA. He is an instructor for the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, the host of the popular podcast “Healthy Births, Happy Babies,” and the creator of many online courses for pregnant women and new fathers. Dr. Jay also helps doctors and other healthcare providers create unique business structures designed to protect their rights in practice, freeing them from licensing and scope of practice restrictions.

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Julie Rowan

Julie is trained as a nurse practitioner and has practiced in the conventional medical system for over 20 years. Prior to that, she worked as a veterinary technologist and owned an equine training facility. Through her experience caring for people in the hospital as well as outpatient clinics, she realized that the entire system is flawed, it’s foundation built on fallacies. She has always had a deep connection with animals and nature, and her greatest passion is to provide avenues of healing to all creatures. She recognizes the importance of every living entity, and that we are all connected through a complex maze of relationships. It is her mission help others connect to themselves, the nature around them, and most importantly to our Creator.

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Advisor

Alida Moncada

Alida was born into a long familial lineage of herbalists and spiritual healers in Peru. She is certified in Biomagnetism, Family Constellations, and Past Life Regression. Guided by her own intuitions and ancestral traditions, she combines modern knowledge and techniques with ancient wisdom and practices to provide a unique space for discovering the true roots of an affliction and the path forward to the pulling of those roots and the resolution of the afflictions.

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Advisor

Rebecca Negron

Becky is a mother, early childhood educator, and passionate believer in freedom in childhood. She left her job as a public school teacher after the birth of her daughter, when standardized education began to no longer resonate with her. Lessons in motherhood quickly taught her about the importance of play and autonomy in childhood, leading her down a path of self-discovery and entrepreneurship.

Through her work within the world of education alongside her yoga practice, she gained a deep understanding of the importance of the relationship between her inner and outer worlds.

It is Becky's intention to help build a community where children can thrive and families feel supported, so together we can mold the next generation of leaders who can help create a better world.

Advisor

Jodi Standring

Jodi has a deep love for the natural world and the native plants surrounding us. She started her career in education in 2004, working with traumatized youth in residential and day program settings. She is trained in both experiential education and herbalism, including a two-year apprenticeship in folk herbalism at the Gaia School of Earthen Education in Putney, Vermont. Jodi is also a certified Montessori Guide, through the Association Montessori Internationale, and has served children in a Montessori setting in a multi-age early education classroom. She brings a diverse lens to her teaching and approach, incorporating emotional recognition and regulation alongside love of learning through plants and nature. Jodi is currently a director of early education for an organization that teaches children outdoors 100% of the time. Connecting children to nature is truly where her heart is. Guiding children through the process of trusting themselves is the core to creating adults who trust themselves and follow their intuition.