Budgeting

Article When Church and Family Finances Conflict
- By Bromleigh McCleneghan
- Posted on April 30th, 2013
In early February, my husband and I prepared to visit the Taxman, spending a lunch hour gathering W-2s and mortgage statements and all the other official documents we had spent…
Article Effective Stewardship Is Not Budget Driven
- By Bob Crossman
- Posted on August 20th, 2012
In far too many of our churches the pastor and finance committee are focused on developing the budget, perfecting the budget, and meeting the budget so that bills and payroll can…
Article The Coming Death Tsunami
- By Lovett H. Weems Jr.
- Posted on October 5th, 2011
In the past several years, the world has witnessed the horror of two massive tsunamis, first in Indonesia and more recently in Japan. The loss of life and devastation surpass what …
Article 3 Finance Classes for Churches
- By Lindsey Foster Stringer
- Posted on September 15th, 2011
$10,502,605 and counting. That’s how much money participants in the The Great Recovery have paid off in debt or added to savings since the kickoff on July 21. Dave Ramsey…
Article Endowment: Master or Servant?
- By J. Clif Christopher
- Posted on June 3rd, 2011
Last week while on a break during one of my seminars, a minister came up to me to talk about endowments. He had heard me say that our churches are not nearly as involved in…
Article Go Fix the Problem!
- By J. Clif Christopher
- Posted on May 28th, 2011
For United Methodist clergy and churches, June is a very transitional month. It is the month when clergy move to new churches. Occasionally it is a move where a gifted clergy…