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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3 Tips to Building a Church Budget During Times of Inflation

May 6, 2022

At this point, it does not matter if you are running a small business, giant organization, personal finances, or a church; it is impossible to ignore that costs keep going up. And not just the cost of non-essential or luxury items, essential goods like utilities, groceries, housing, clothes, and …

Can Your Church Budget Survive Your Worst Quarter?

April 11, 2022

A fiscal year is a 12-month period businesses use for financial reporting and budgeting. Using a fiscal year is a common way to prepare financial statements. Our church begins its fiscal year in October and ends in September, just like the Federal Government. There are advantages of operating the …

How the Church Budget Helps to Retain Your Staff Through Benefits

April 8, 2022

SARS-CoV-2, also known as the coronavirus or COVID-19, caught the world off gaurd in early 2020. As world leaders and health experts tried to work together to find a strategy to contain it, it raged on. More than two years later, it's no secret that the ripple effect of the COIVD-19 pandemic went …

Surprising Ways to Increase the Church Budget

March 5, 2022

In the 1946 Frank Capra film, It's a Wonderful Life, when Uncle Billy loses the $8,000 deposit, it causes George Bailey to lose hope. In the movie, God sends Clarence, George's guardian angel, down to earth to help restore his hope. In their first encounter, George asks Clarence if he has …

Top 5 Church Budget Mistakes

March 4, 2022

Do you know why computers have the option to select Undo (Ctrl-Z)? Why pencils have erasers? And, if you're old-school, why a product to blot out ink from a pen or typewriter called whiteout exist? Because we are not perfect. If you've made a mistake, welcome to the human race. The good news is that …

The Problem I have with Dave Ramsey’s Zero-Based Budget

February 25, 2022

Heresy! How can someone in the Christian financial world dare go against Dave Ramsey? Before you grab the pitchforks and torches to storm the castle, let me explain. In 2012 our church did not offer formal financial counseling. When someone needed help, I invested my time and helped them figure out …