Financial Policies are a pain put together, but, without them, your church is in for even greater pain as everyone makes up their own rules. You’ll find some instructions as well as templates to put together your own policies.
The Trustees fix buildings. The Finance Committee fixes budgets. The Staff-Pastor Relations Committee fixes…people? In a way, this is true. When they help strengthen the pastor, they strengthen the whole church.
The work of the Trustees in caring for the church property seems to be never ending. Something always needs to be fixed, painted, replaced, and so on. And there is never enough money. This should help you at least plan out your work.
A lot of churches put off their annual audit…sometimes for years and even decades. It sounds intimidating to do, and what if you miss something? What if you find something? This is a quick primer on doing a church audit.
A second round of PPP Loans opens up on January 13, 2021. If you’ve never applied for a PPP Loan or you need to apply for a second loan, I’ll walk you through it.
Church committees should be blessing to the church, but too often they bring division and power struggles. Why is that? I have a theory…and some people aren’t going to like it.