Bob Santy

Executive Pastor of Operations at Sunridge Community Church in Temecula, CA, an independent, non-denominational church that is passionate about it's mission of helping people find and follow Jesus.

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Church Budget: When a Gift is Considered Income

December 15, 2023

Unless your name happens to be Herod or Scrooge, Christmas usually brings out the best in people. You can hear them humming carols in the checkout lines of stores, smiling while allowing others to merge into traffic in front of them, dressing in festive clothes, joyfully gathering with family …

Pastor, Are You Questioning Your Call to Ministry?

December 11, 2023

I began attending my church in 1996; my oldest daughter was just a year old at the time. Our small family quickly found new friends by joining a small group. We realized as our biblical knowledge grew through the Sunday teaching, studies, and small groups, we desired to become active members by …

Steps to Improve Church Giving Web Pages

December 4, 2023

The call to financial generosity from church leaders to congregations is nothing new. In Paul's second letter to the church in Corinth, he wanted to remind them of their unfulfilled enthusiasm to collect an offering. Since the Corinthians were more affluent, he thought using the less well-to-do …

Retirement Changes for 2024

December 4, 2023

Anyone looking for a masterclass in finance simply needs to read the book of Proverbs found in the Old Testament of the Bible. There are well over 100 references to money, wealth, prosperity, poverty, and contentment. Recently, my wife and I spent time re-reading these timeless words of wisdom, and …

Church Budget: The Need For Commercial Insurance

November 22, 2023

Here's a fun question for the leaders in your church: what's the worst thing imaginable that could happen to your church? And if that happened, how would the church respond? The list of horrific things that could happen probably mounts pretty fast: things like a fire that partially, or worse, …

Church Operations: Top 5 Year-End Tasks

November 10, 2023

Each November, churches everywhere look forward to all the festivities that typically accompany the beginning of the holiday season. Finally, everyone on the church staff will see the results of the months of planning and preparation for this special time of year. Seeing the church transform almost …