Tips in Creating Your Fund Policy
As I mentioned here, someone at the church should be regularly thinking about how to fund the mission of the church. A lot of time goes into creating a spending […]
Designated and Restricted Giving are the Same, but Different
We’re in the middle of the series How to Establish a Funding Strategy for Your Church. As mentioned in the first post in the series, The Funding Strategy consists of […]
How to Establish a Funding Strategy for Your Church
As a follow-up to the 5 Objectives of the Church Finance Team, I want to kick off a series on Establishing a Funding Strategy for your Church. As I mentioned […]
The Value of the Attendance to Staff Ratio
One financial metric churches are well aware of is “Percent Salaries and Benefits”. They are also well aware of where they stand in relation to national or denominational averages – […]
3 Aspects of the Finance Team Meeting
Now that we’ve covered the aspects of building the finance team, what might the meeting look like? Before we take a look at this, let’s take a look at what […]
6 Aspects of Building the Finance Team
Continuing in the series How to Set Up and Align Church Finance Teams, now that you know the objectives and responsibilities of the team, let them guide your selection of […]
10 Responsibilities of the Church Finance Team
This is my second post in the series Setting Up and Aligning Church Finance Teams. Now that we’ve laid out the 5 Objectives of the Church Finance Team, let’s look […]
5 Objectives of the Church Finance Team
This post kicks off a series on Setting Up and Aligning a Church Finance Team. But, first things first. Committee or Team? Consider this – Teams score. Committees meet. Teams […]
How to Present Site Plans to Your Church
Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church, otherwise known as “The Mill“, is a large church located on the westside of Spartanburg, SC. This church started in a home in the 70’s, […]
God is Greater than Pen and Paper
I’ve devoted a lot of posts on this site to ministry planning. In fact, I recently devoted two articles to budgeting the income in your church [see first post in […]