Budgeting Church Income, Part 2 – Amounts per Giver
We’ve been talking about budgeting income for the church. In my previous post, we looked at four steps to budget the number of givers. Today, let’s take a look at budgeting […]
Ministry Planning
Budgeting Church Income, Part 1 – The # of Givers
Undeniably, the Income Budget is the most important component of a Ministry Plan. Everything in the Ministry Plan hinges upon meeting the Income Budget. Even so, many churches don’t spend […]
The Church Giving Profile
It’s been my experience that many small to medium-sized churches know very little about the giving base in their church beyond total giving and related trends. There’s so much more […]
7 Things Pastors Should Know About Giving in Their Church
The single biggest question related to this topic has always been “Should the Pastor know much people give?” I’m not really here to answer this one way or the other. […]
When Is It Time For a DIY Capital Campaign?
As noted in my post Capital Campaigns – Consultant or DIY?, I indicated sometimes it just makes sense to do it yourself. Here are some situations where an internally-conducted campaign […]
Capital Campaigns – Consultant or DIY?
Growing churches often find themselves in the need to renovate or construct additions, or to build a new building and/or buy land. Growing churches can fund these solely on a cash […]
New Year’s Resolutions for Church Business Admins
There’s something intrinsically special about starting a new year. A time to refresh just before the new year. A time to look back and assess the year. An opportunity for a […]
A System for Determining Raises for Church Staff
All churches give their Pastor and Staff raises as appropriate and when finances allow. Hopefully. But how and under what guidelines or philosophy? The system I recommend: Give a Cost […]
Ministry Health Metrics
Here’s my companion post to my quantitative Ministry Metrics Series (see the first in that series here). Number-based metrics reveal facts which are needed to keep you grounded in reality. It’s […]
New Overtime Rules Are Out – For Now
A Federal Judge issued a Nationwide Preliminary Injunction on the new overtime rules, meaning they won’t take effect on December 1st as scheduled. We’ll see what happens. Will the […]