Preaching on money can be awkward and intimidating for a pastor. Many pastors won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. In part 1 of a 5-part series, I talk about getting your theological foundation laid so you can prepare the message.
It is important to think about how money gets from the offering plate to the counters to the bank. If this isn’t thought through, you could open your church up to all kinds of problems. Here are my thoughts on how this should happen.
When someone donates a noncash gift (stock, grain, cattle, piano, etc), the church needs to give them a receipt for tax purposes. The information on that receipt needs to be in accordance with IRS guidelines as well as be helpful to the donor. I’ll guide you through this.
Giving statements don’t have to be an administrative task meant to guilt members about their pledge. Instead, they are an opportunity to thank donors and share with them how the LORD is using their giving to change lives.
Why would a pastor want to see the giving records for their church? Most of the time they feel like they need to see the records in order to lead better…not because their curious or slick.
Endowments are one of the best gifts you can give to a church yet they are largely misunderstood. Sheri Meister and I go over the details on how exactly endowments work and why they are such awesome gifts. In the Dakotas, the simplest way to think of an endowment is to imagine someone gifted you…
The first stock gift I ever received as a church treasurer was several shares of Coca-Cola Company stock from a wonderful member named Char. Char wasn’t a multi-millionaire. She was just like so many ordinary people that happen to own stocks, bonds, or shares of a mutual fund. You don’t need to have a Bill…