I can remember my mom sitting at the dining room, balancing the family checkbook. She did it every month. Most people don’t bother to balance their bank statements anymore and that is not a good thing! You can easily miss fraud, excessive bank fees, and...
Imagine looking checking for your payroll deposit only to discover that your pay was sent to a criminal in a foreign country. Payroll diversion scams are on the increase. Churches need to take steps to protect their employees. Payroll diversion scams are a...
There was a time when many churches had a separate bank account for each area of ministry in the church. They would have a primary bank account for tithes that was used to pay bills, another bank account for missions, another for building funds, another for...
Imagine a shepherd putting a wolf in charge of caring for and inventorying his sheep. Would you trust his numbers? Most likely he would have a fat wolf and no real idea of how many sheep are really in the fields! The shepherd would lack “separation of duties” in...
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Imagine a pastor going out and purchasing the absolute cheapest fire extinguishers he could find just to say that he had taken steps to protect his congregation from fire. Would you feel safe leaving your children in a building protected only by squirt guns and...
Statistics show that baby boomers, (born between 1946-1964), tend to be the most generous church givers. Philanthropy Today found that boomers give on average $613 more per year than donors under 40. There are a lot of reasons for this, such as boomers often...
According to Barna, almost 50% of all churches don’t use a budget. It is scary to think that half of all churches don’t have a financial plan. God calls us to be good stewards of the resources he has given us. Using a good budget is the only way to do...
When to make bookkeeping changes…. Most people prefer to move from their home during the summer months. The weather is warm and dry. The kids are out of school. It makes the most sense to move when there isn’t a chance of freezing rain! (I’ve...
