Worship Attendance Reporting
One report the Pastor wants on Mondays is Worship Attendance. Today, I’ll share the report we used at my church. Here’s some background: *We had 2 morning services and an evening […]
Is Your Fiscal Year and Ministry Year in Alignment?
Ministry Planning for churches that are focused on future generations (kids, students) typically revolve around the school year. That’s when new Sunday School classes or Small Groups start along with […]
How Much Should We Pay a Guest Speaker?
Church leaders everywhere wrestle with this question from time to time. Many never settle on a single approach and thus rehash it everytime it comes up unnecessarily. The question – […]
The Use of Debt or Cash for Your Church Expansion
I’ve spent the last 3 posts talking about getting your church ready for a loan, (or how to do your best in getting into debt…Lol). See part 1 of that […]
How to Prepare Your Church for a Loan – Part 3 – Six Other Areas
This is the last post in the series “How to Prepare Your Church for a Loan“. In the first 2 posts, we talked about how to use your Financial Statements […]
How to Prepare your Church for a Loan – Part 2 – The Income Statement
Hi there. Welcome back. We’re continuing on in the 3 part series “How to Prepare your Church for a Loan“. In part 1, we looked at the Statement of Financial […]
How to Prepare your Church for a Loan – Part 1 – The Balance Sheet
So your church is growing and needs to expand. Chances are your church needs to borrow money. The lender needs to make sure your church can repay what it borrows […]
Risking the Corporate Protection of Your Church
There’s a common misconception in the church world that if the church is incorporated, its Pastor, Officers and Lay Leaders are protected from lawsuits. And while that protection does […]
Got Cash?
Does your church need to have cash reserves? Rest assured. It does. 5 Reasons Why: 1. To Sustain the Present 2. To Fund the Future Vision 3. To enable taking […]
A Recession is Coming, Your Church is Growing – Some Food for Thought
You’re in a growing church. Keep growing, and talk of adding staff, facilities or planting another campus, and the like will take place. Your church may even be in the […]