Church Finance

“Houses of worship will need to apply by May 21 to tap into the first round of funds.” - ABC

Map data “comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They have been tracking the median salary of clergy for at least the last 25 years and they make that data publicly available for download.” - Ryan Burge

“74% of Protestant pastors say their church’s fiscal year starts in January…. Most say the trustees or church board (77%), the treasurer (69%), the pastor (61%) and a finance or stewardship committee (58%) are involved in creating the budget.” - Lifeway

“While young adults have been found to be more generous with their time volunteering than older generations, just over half of pastors say they’re ‘very concerned’ that younger Christians don’t support their local churches financially” - CPost

Among U.S. Protestant pastors, “50% say the current economy is negatively impacting their churches.” No effect: 40%; positive effect 8%. - Lifeway

“Baptist (40%), Presbyterian/Reformed (34%) and non-denominational (34%) churches were more likely to give 10% of their income than members of Lutheran (19%), Restorationist Movement (17%) and Methodist churches (12%).” - CPost

“There’s an important asymmetry here. Paul exhorts churches to support their elders, but he exhorts all Christians to emulate him in serving free of charge.” - TGC

“Compared to 2016, churches are more likely to have more than seven weeks of cash reserves. Additionally, few have had someone embezzle funds from the congregation.” - Lifeway

“Rather than analyzing the reasons for the disappearing offering plate, let’s take a look at some of the implications of this dramatic shift. There is more to it than a mere removal of a traditional element of worship service. Indeed, the change is very important.” - Thom Rainer

“the church received an email from Landmark Construction, the company overseeing the project, that included an invoice…. the church received a second email immediately after the first one that included payment instructions.” - BPNews