4 Financial Factors Impacting Your Church
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“A classic strategic exercise looks at two internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and two external forces (opportunities and threats) that impact an organization.” - Facts & Trends
A simple way to bankrupt your church and lose your job in the process
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“Here are five simple suggestions for keeping your church safe in this area” - SBC Voices
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Tips for Managing a Church Budget Shortfall
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“Although a budget isn’t considered by many to be a spiritual topic—much less an exciting ministry conversation to have—every church faces financial issues. And every church, at some point or another, will face a budget shortfall.” - Facts & Trends
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National Association of Evangelicals launches $1M campaign to help churches bless financially strapped pastors
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“…the 45,000-church association launched the initiative to help congregations and church boards “show and share God’s love” for their pastors in different ways beyond the church budget.
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Your housing allowance is safe for the forseeable future
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“The group that brought the federal lawsuit against the cash version of the clergy housing allowance has decided not to appeal the unanimous Federal Appeals Court ruling that upheld the thing. They have a clever title to this news: Appeals Court Blesses Housing Allowance.” - SBC Voices
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The Church Treasurer: The Transition and Assuming the Role
Twice I’ve had opportunity to manage the finances of another individual. The first was my son Roger’s deployment to Iraq. He was a student at Saint Cloud State and a reservist in the USMC when he was called up and had to deploy. It happened rather suddenly. He and I took these steps:
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Harvest Bible Chapel says no tithes or severance will go to former senior pastor who was fired
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“No tithes, offerings or severance pay have gone to Harvest Bible Chapel’s former senior pastor, and he won’t see any in the future, according to the latest update from the popular megachurch.” - Chicago Tribune
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The Church Treasurer: From Kluge to the Cloud
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Kludge. Also kluge: “’An ill-assorted collection of poorly-matching parts, forming a distressing whole’ (Granholm); esp. in Computing, a machine, system, or program that has been improvised or ‘bodged’ together; a hastily improvised and poorly thought-out solution.”1
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The Qualifications for the Church Treasurer – “Dr. No”?
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I mentioned Gary Blessman in the first article in this series. Gary is the Vice President of Institutional Finances1 at Central Seminary and the Business Administrator2 at Fourth Baptist Church and Christian Schools.
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