How Your Church Feels About Money In order to know what to expect from your church’s finances you must understand its culture, mindset, and financial setting. Gary Fenton
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Late one evening, a young pastor called me, a frantic tone in his voice. He quickly got to the point: he feared he was about to be fired.
He outlined his story. Nine months earlier, when he accepted the church's invitation to become pastor, the church's needs and his gifts had seemed a good match.
Although the church had a budget, the former pastor and treasurer had never followed it. Upon the death ...
A Budget Primer The misuse of money causes fractured relationships and spiritual atrophy. C. Neil Strait
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The misuse of money blocks more ministry in the local church than any other single cause. The reason may be too much money, too little money, or misuse of just the right amount of money, but the result is the same: fractured relationships and spiritual atrophy. A pastor taking a new church had better get the financial picture of the church well in hand before anything else is attempted.
Major Ministry on Modest Means The trouble with any church is not lack of money; it is lack of ingenuity, creativity, and courage. James Stobaugh
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Our collection one week recently was $691.30. We needed $1,300 to meet budget.
Standing at the front door of our brownstone church, saying farewell to our 80 congregants, I saw Robert, a street person in our neighborhood. He asked a member for a quarter. We barely have a quarter to give you, I thought.
It wasn't always this way. In my closet sits a photograph of our 100-year-old congregation. Healthy-looking ...
I was sitting with a young couple interested in church membership. As I had planned, part of the conversation hinged on money. I explained our church's understanding of generosity and tithing, highlighting several Scriptures and sharing what a difference these principles had made in our church's life. I finished with, "I want you to know we're a tithing congregation. We welcome you to become a part ...
Who Spends the Church's Money? In terms of spending, each church must find middle ground on the control the board exerts and the freedom ministries have. Richard Bergstrom
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Each month the trustees faithfully gathered to pay the bills of Community Church. Each month they were greeted by the familiar stack of invoices and requests for reimbursements from church members. And each month they were faced with the same types of questions:
Which ministry is this new tape recorder to be charged against?
Who charged $139.50 at the Christian bookstore? Are these books for Sunday school or youth ministry?
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