It took me a long time to accept that the United Methodist denomination was heading for a split. Does it have to be a messy, heavily litigated split? I hope not. It’ll be painful, but possibly we can lessen the damage by keeping these four principles in mind.
If you find your church’s chart of accounts getting longer and longer, perhaps you need Classes. Classes will replace your length with some width. Instead of just going North and South, your reports will go East and West. This is what I explore in this post.
I started this blog two and a half years ago with the intent of focusing nearly exclusively on providing practical advice to churches. It seems like I’ve been posting more denominational stuff lately? What’s up with that? Is this going to continue? I’ll give you a preview in this post.
At a recent Town Hall, I tried to explain the unfunded pension liability that churches would owe if they leave the denomination. I didn’t do great so I’m going to try an analogy to explain it. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!
While working with the Journey Community Church in De Pere, WI, I noticed that they have an interesting way of allocating their offering to fund each budget. This was such a clever idea that could help churches struggling to get on top of their finances so I thought I’d share it.
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.
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