We live in a time when it's easy to take for granted our incredible access to data. It's everywhere, and thanks to the internet and our willingness to have our voices heard through surveys, it's current. For example, in July 2023, Gallup posted their survey results on Americans' faith in major …
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Activating The 25% That Doesn’t Financially Support Your Church
Money. Is there a more unpopular topic for churches to discuss? The very mention of it makes everyone uncomfortable, from the pastor to the skeptic. Pastors feel awkward because they know how many people in their church are financially hurting and don't want to heap guilt on top of their misfortune. …
Fundamentals to Creating an Effective Church Budget
My Dad worked for Titleist Golf for over 25 years and spent much of his time grinding irons for tour pros. He would watch them swing, listen to their feedback, and then make their clubs work perfectly for them. As you can imagine, spending all this time around golf pros, he developed a pretty good …
Church Budget: How Adding Positive Pay Saves Time and Money
A few years ago, the bookkeeper at our church was reconciling the operating checking account. During the process, she identified a check on the bank reconciliation that was not in our accounting system with a duplicate number and an unrecognized amount. It was clear we were the victim of fraud. …
Top Three Church Budget Failures
Our church recently met with the vice president of the bank, who holds the note for the church's loan. He's a new VP at the bank and wanted to see our facility and have an opportunity to meet us face-to-face. Since it's been almost five years since the last rate reset, it was the perfect time to …
Moving the Church Budget Compensation Totals Toward Health
On March 11, 2020, after identifying 118,000 cases in 114 countries, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Shortly after, we all witnessed something previously thought unthinkable: a global shutdown to stop the spread. Regardless of your personal, professional, political, or …
