The Senior Pastor assembled a team to talk about reimagining the form and function of the Worship Center. It was a time when attendance had waned, and the sudden emptiness in the room was draining energy from the services. I recall that at some point in the meeting, adding small tables with six to …

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In the mid-1990s, I accepted the position of running IT support for a world-class golf manufacturer. I was managing people, budgets, systems, and customers for the first time in my career. It was a bit overwhelming, and I made mistakes along the way. During these formative years as a supervisor, I …

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When it comes to managing God's money, churches need to demonstrate financial stewardship, which is Christianese for managing money in a way that honors God. Creating a church budget is the primary way to show the church is serious about how it's investing its financial resources to accomplish the …

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Imagine that there is a group who obeyed God's call and planted a church in a growing suburban area. This fledgling church held its first meeting in a living room, then graduated to the community clubhouse and eventually began meeting in an elementary school auditorium. Church attendance grew, as …

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When it comes to building church budgets, compensation is a recurring theme of confusion, interest, and opinion. Questions range from how much is too much for a church to invest in compensation to whether churches are exempt from local, state, and federal regulations to best practices to budgeting …

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When I was in high school, we had a course in driver education, including bookwork, simulators, and behind-the-wheel training. That means four students and the instructor piled into the car and learned to navigate a vehicle, many for the first time. Sure, some students were a little better than …

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