Last week, I was speaking to those planning to join the Global Methodist denomination. This week I’m focusing on those planning on staying United Methodist. Your church’s name and logo won’t be changing, but significant changes will be coming for the UMC. Here’s my thoughts on the subject.
Since the announcement that the Global Methodist denomination, I’ve had a number of pastors reach out to me and ask what this means for their church. Usually these are pastors of churches leaning towards leaving the UMC. Here’s what I’ve been sharing with them. The video gives some advice on what your church leadership can be doing now.
Is your church in Good Standing with the State? The other day, I did a search on the Secretary of State website for United Methodist churches. You would be shocked at how many churches have been involuntarily dissolved because someone missed filing the Annual Report. In this post, I show you how to check your church’s status and how to undo the damage if your church isn’t in Good Standing.
I have a big announcement! I’ll be changing jobs this August to teach accounting at Dakota Wesleyan University. In this post, I share what I’ll miss most and least about working for the Dakotas UMC. The video also gives some ideas of what to expect going forward.
It is surprising to me how many churches are trusting in their institutional memory when it comes to donor restrictions. If your church is doing this, there will be a day when someone challenges that memory. Do you have the donor restriction in writing? What if you lost the actual written donor restriction?
If you missed out last night, Sheri Meister and I held the 2022 first quarter webinar. Our focus was on taking a fresh look at the Balance Sheet which would be perfect timing if your church is preparing for the annual audit.
As ministry and church continues to change in order to meet new challenges of making disciples, some churches have pots of money with restrictions that are no longer relevant? What do you do? Can you change the restrictions? Yes, you do have some options to legally change those restrictions.