Financial Services

Future-Forward Budgeting

Future-forward budgeting forces the tough conversations not driven by personalities or desires but through data-driven decision-making, which comes directly from the numbers.

Who Makes Your Church’s Budget?

Pastors indicate more variety in who is involved in creating their church’s budget. Most say the trustees or church board (77%), the treasurer (69%), the pastor (61%) and a finance or stewardship committee (58%) are involved in creating the budget.

5 Ways to Protect Your Church From an IRS Audit

When scrutinizing your church's activities, confirming that every ministry and department directly corresponds to the church's core mission is essential.

Mosaix Teaches New Ways to Develop Revenue Streams for Churches

Mosaix launches a new interactive, digital training program with Church Economics & Entrepreneurship and OCEAN

Debunking 4 Myths About Housing Allowances

How to correctly calculate your housing allowance

5 Steps to Prepare Your Church for an IRS Audit

How can you safeguard and protect your ministry?

How to Create a Pastor Retirement Plan

The work pastors do is priceless—but many do not get paid what they are worth. While not every church can afford to pay its pastor...

6 Ways to Boost First-Time Giving

Founder of MinistryPass.com, church leader Justin Trapp (JustinTrapp.com) provides pastors with tools and resources to craft meaningful sermons in less time. Here he shares...

Digital-Savvy Churches See Consistent Giving During Pandemic

Givelify has released a new report that explores how giving to churches has changed during the pandemic. Giving In Faith: How Coronavirus Widened the...

Does My Church Need 501(c)(3) Status?

Should my church obtain a 501(C)(3) tax-exempt status?What are the benefits of having 501(c)(3) status?Am I inviting other government intervention into our church? At StartCHURCH,...

How to Avoid Misappropriating Church Funds

Five steps to make sure all funds are going where they belong