If you're reading this post, it's most likely because you are part of the financial team at your church. And when it comes to building a church budget, there are so many good questions to ask. Questions like what is a healthy percentage to spend on compensation, facilities, outreach, or operations? …

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During my tenure as the Help Desk manager for a world-leading golf manufacturer, I wanted to know that my team made a difference in accomplishing the company's mission to build demonstrably superior and pleasingly different golf equipment. To that end, I reviewed the best practices of other top-tier …

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Throughout scripture, we see that belonging to a community is an essential part of God's design for us. We can see the blueprint in the biblical account of creation found in Genesis. In Chapter 1, we read that everything that God creates, he declares as good. But something unsettling happens in …

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Church growth is a touchy subject and can lead to all kinds of questions regarding motive, strategy, and ego. For some in the congregation, they love that they know most (if not all) of the people in their church, and adding new people will change the dynamics - it could ruin everything. For others, …

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Churches are strange. Maybe it's because they are simultaneously organizations and organisms, and they require structure and spiritual formation. For churches to thrive, they need qualified people to teach, counsel, lead, care, support, guide, worship, administer, negotiate contracts, resolve …

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Levi was a Jewish tax collector who had a personal encounter with Jesus that not only changed the trajectory of his life but also countless others through his first-hand account of the life of Jesus. Levi, also known as Matthew, assembled his collection of Jesus' sayings into a letter we know today …

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