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.

5 Creative Ways to Increase Giving at Your Church

Even when traditional giving is down, these methods can keep your cashflow up.

Tips for Using Church Credit Cards

Keep these guidelines in mind when implementing credit cards at your church.

A Church’s Guide to Mileage Reimbursement

Read these guidelines to make sure your staff and volunteers are properly recording their expenses.

5 Steps for Collecting a Special Offering for Your Pastor

Some general guidelines for collecting and distributing a pastoral love offering

Are Certain Church Activities Subject to Taxes?

Making sense of Unrelated Business Income Taxes (UBIT) in regard to churches.

How to Do an Excellent Church Budget

Here are things to consider when structuring and allocating a church budget.

4 Tips That Multiplied Our Outreach Fundraising

A few tips from a local businessman made all the difference in raising money for our $40,000 outreach effort.

Church Leaders Pay off $1 Million in Debt

Elizabeth Baptist Church in Atlanta practices getting out of debt as a form of stewardship.