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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Church Budgeting Basics
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 …
The Church Budget and Lasting Ministry
Ministry is hard. Much, much harder than I imagined when I left the IT profession in 2006. Like anyone starting a new career in ministry, I had all kinds of ideas, expectations, and hopes for a smooth, bright future of helping people find and follow Jesus. During my tenure, I witnessed a church …
Generosity and the Church Budget
It's highly unlikely that the instructor for a class specifically designed for aerospace engineers to develop the next generation of space exploration vehicles would use marine biology terminology to make their point. Probably because it's doubtful that epibiota will produce innovative ideas on …
Hard Truths About Church Budget Reductions
Within a couple of years of starting my career as the Help Desk Supervisor at a major golf manufacturer, whispers of a layoff started making the rounds. This rumor surprised me because it appeared that the company was thriving. But, I soon sat in strategic meetings with upper management to determine …
Home Runs and Church Budgets
Growing up in the early 1970s, I played Little League baseball like so many others my age. My baseball heroes of the day were Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, and Hank Aaron. It was a dream come true when my dad took me to Dodger Stadium to see the Dodgers take on the Braves while home run king Hank Aaron was …
