Here is a fun experiment for churches, run all Sunday morning services without bulletins, note sheets, check-in stations, WiFi, or online giving. You can imagine the results without sabotaging your church with this experiment - chaos would reign. It would not provide the ideal environment or …
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Church Budget Categories – Facilities
Maybe it is just me, but I feel a lot of pressure when building the church budget each year. Churches, like all non-profits, depend primarily on donations to carry out their mission. Every dollar must be accounted for and utilized to the fullest. And that is exactly what a budget does; it brings …
Church Budgeting Guidelines
When it comes to indoor plants, it seems that I have a brown thumb. I'm not proud of this, but every single plant in my office has died. The poor things never make it more than six months. When I moved into my new office, a coworker helped me and purchased a fiddle-leaf fig plant. It looked so good …
Why You Should Consider Making a Zero-Based Church Budget
Before being called into full-time ministry in 2006, I was part of the first wave of computer tech support. In those days, tech support needed to cover hardware basics, like setting the dip switches on a modem (can you hear the screeching sound of a successful connection?). And answering software …
How to Cut a Church Budget When Times Get Tough
When attendance and giving are up, creating a church budget is so much easier. Everyone is optimistic about the future and how powerfully God is working in their church, and words like "blessing" and "growth" are heard frequently throughout the process. But, what if the trendline is down? Declining …
Should a Church Budget be Shared with the Congregation?
Shortly after I began working at our church, I noticed that not all the offices had windows. Some of that was logistics; there was not enough wall space for each office to have a window. For some on staff, it became a touchy subject because they counseled people and needed privacy. And others in the …
