Category: Church Management
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Church Funding Friday
I’m going to start a new series focusing each Friday on an idea to implement that will help increase giving and revenue for your church. Disclaimer: God trumps all. Nothing will substitute a congregation of people that acknowledge that everything is God’s and we are just stewards. Pastor, be true to the word and preach…
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Pursuing Excellence
Yesterday a Godly leader shared a message at Bethel Baptist Church. Norris Price share a message on pursuing excellence and how God deserves nothing less than our pursuit of excellence. He shared about how are nature is to accept good enough and settle for mediocrity because many times, excellence is hard. He defined excellence as…
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Church Accounting Internal Controls
I just received a link to a news article in the Gaston Gazette from a friend about a couple that embezzled $200,000 from their church. [quote] Oh, that won’t happen to us, Mrs. Smith has been keeping our books for years and she is such a nice lady.[/quote] Unfortunately, that’s what this church thought as…
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The Real Cost of Free
One of the greatest fallacies in our culture is the perception of ‘free’. That simple word sounds so good to people, yet few realize that it is actually a misnomer. There really is nothing free. (Except salvation through Jesus Christ, but even that cost Jesus his life.) Every time something is offered for free, someone,…
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Church Financial Backup & Recovery Plan
Have you given thought to what would happen if your bookkeeper got sick or had to be away for an extended period of time? What if heaven forbid something devastating happened to your facility? Do you have sufficient backup & recovery plans in place for your church? [quote]We have a seamless…
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Budget on Faith, Spend on Reason
For many churches, we are coming into the season when it is time to start planning for the upcoming year. That planning includes setting a budget on how to allocate the resources God has provided the church. There are no churches that should be operating without a budget. Even churches that think they are too…
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Success Analysis for Churches
I had the chance to talk on a local radio show this afternoon. We went into the show expecting to talk about independence but the topic quickly moved to churches and effectively managing change. It was interesting that we were able to cover several topics in relation which were all things I had been processing…
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Church Money Saving Ideas – eNewsletters
I am adding a category to our blog for Church Money Saving Ideas. We have visited and worked with several churches and want to use this as a platform to provide resources and inspiration to find ways for your church to minister effectively, while being good stewards of the resources available. Our first idea is…
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Assimilation in Your Church
When someone visits or wants to join your church, what is your process for assimilation? I was recently at a large church in Kansas City and saw a great process for assimilating people into their congregation. They had it figured out. They had it described on a poster, in simple, clear, concrete language that made…
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Top 10 Reasons to Re-Design your Church’s Website
Top Ten Reasons to Redesign Your Church’s Website by: Josh Henry 10. Your current site is utilizing outdated technology. Unfortunately, trends on the web change faster than most of us can keep up with. However, it is possible to build your site in a way that keeps it open to changing trends. For a site…