Managing Church Finances in these Times – Balance Sheet, Liquidity and Cash Management Michael Batts, CPA presented a webinar entitled “Church Financial Management in Challenging Times”. He makes some excellent points regarding your cash assets,…
Managing Church Finances in these Times – Looking at Operational Expenses. Michael Batts, CPA presented a webinar entitled “Church Financial Management in Challenging Times”. And we wanted to share some of the points he makes…
Giving Platforms. Does your head spin at how in just a few short months, our world, as we know it, has turned upside down? State of the Plate, conducted a nationwide constituency poll and found…
12-Month Rolling Budget. We have discussed budgeting previously (see blog links here). But now, more than ever, during these unusual times, it is important for the church to stay on top of their finances. Most…
His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” Mt 25:23a Essential to establishing accountability in your church finances is: Formal bookkeeping app, like the one GoodBooks provides Separating financial functions: Receiving, Spending, Reconciling…
Church: A Hospital for Sinners, not a Museum for Saints. Most small churches depend on willing members, who likely already have a full schedule, to take on various church functions. If you are lucky their…
If you read my last blog, you read an example of how a small church with a small budget, managed to be embezzled of over $65,000. Dr. Todd Johnson of the Center for the Study…
The tenor of the pastor’s voice told me there was something terribly wrong. He began unravelling his story and his purpose for calling Bellwether Church Solutions … the leadership team had just discovered the church…
Did you know that there is more than one type of budget that your church may need to be concerned with? Your operating budget is a plan for your everyday operations – the income and…
Budgeting is about estimating your expectations of income and expense for a given period of time. It is a plan of operations based on the budget that you created. It is actually a ‘living’ document…
