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.

RSS Reed

Churches and the California Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Plan

August 16, 2024

There's no doubt that compliance continues to be an ongoing challenge for small to medium-sized businesses, non-profit organizations, and churches in California this year. Without the luxury of a legal team or human resources department, it's a challenge to wade through the mountains of legalese …

Does A Church Budget Store Treasure On Earth Or Heaven

August 9, 2024

Let's start with the obvious—handling money is hard. It doesn't matter if you're a CFO running a Fortune 500 company or a college student with a part-time job; few things can test a person's character, patience, and commitment, like managing money. To further complicate the issue, there are …

Is Your Church Budget a Weapon or Tool

July 13, 2024

A weapon is something used to harm or damage people or things. It's what happens when someone with ill intent takes an amoral object and misuses it. In the hands of a skilled construction worker, a hammer can build shelters for the poor, hospitals for the sick, or churches for those to find and …

Projecting Non-Exempt Employee Compensation for the Upcoming Church Budget

July 13, 2024

Church budgets are beautiful works of art that reveal the commitment to allocate every dollar donated to accomplish the mission. The budget mosaic includes the mission, vision, goals, and dreams. It also includes math, trends, ongoing operational expenses, supporting ministries, and paying …

Church Budgets Show Faithfulness In The Little Things

July 5, 2024

Since going into full-time ministry in 2006 as the person primarily charged with the oversight of the finances of our church, it's been my mission to seek the wisdom found in the Bible to shape and direct how our church stewards (manage) the resources entrusted to us. For me, the Bible is so much …

Church Administration: You’re Right – You Can’t Do It All

July 5, 2024

I don't know about you, but these last few years have been the hardest for me in ministry. I'm not even talking about the political divisiveness of the pandemic years or the aftermath of apathy toward the church. However, both are real and require more prayer, attention, and energy than many in …