You may need more than 1 budget
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…
Financial Reports & Budgeting
Budgeting: Where do We Start?
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…
Good Stewardship: What That Looks Like
In my blog, What is Stewardship?, I defined stewardship as managing God’s blessings God’s way for God’s glory. There are, of course, spiritual aspects as well as practical aspects for achieving good stewardship. Taking several…
What is stewardship?
Well Done Good and Faithful Servant When you think of stewardship, what comes to mind? For your church, it is probably thinking about using the resources – financial, human and material – well and to…
The Backbone of your Bookkeeping – Your Chart of Accounts
Bookkeeping requires that you keep track of different categories of transactions. The Chart of Accounts is an organizational tool that provides “line items” (referred to as accounts) on your financial reports. The list of accounts…