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 […]
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 […]
Evaluating a Leadership Candidate’s Giving Record
My purpose in this post is to help churches evaluate leadership candidates in the area of giving. In the end, the data should be viewed objectively, but also with discernment […]
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. […]
Minimizing The Summer Slump
If you’re in ministry, you’re painfully aware of the Summer Slump – Attendance drops, activity decreases and giving declines. Offerings during the summer drop 15%, 20% or more. How can […]
Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #5
So far, the essence of the first four notches [see first post in series] were to get income and expenses in the correct periods. All along, I have tried not to […]
Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #4
In the Kicking It Up A Notch series, up to now, we’ve been talking about Expenses. Today, in Notch 4, let’s talk Income. Cutoffs: Get the last Sunday of the […]
Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #3
Here’s what we’ve accomplished in the first 2 posts in the Kicking It Up a Notch series: In Notch 1, we deployed an Accounts Payable Module that enabled us to […]
Microsoft Excel – Friend or Foe?
Everybody loves Microsoft Excel right? I mean it’s a great tool for reporting, modeling and analytics. Back in the day, it made up for System shortcomings in that one could quickly […]