- 1. How a Budget Protects Your Church ...
- Pastor Michael attended his ministry's first quarter board meeting to review the previous year's budget. Silence filled the room as the board members flipped through the numbers from 2020. With a gr ...
- Created on 11 February 2021
- 2. 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Church in the New Year
- ... come to life? — Will I need to restructure church services or change our curriculum? — How will this vision change affect our current budget plans and calendar? — Will this change require new staf ...
- Created on 15 January 2021
- 3. 12 Things You Need to Know About the New Paycheck Protection Program
- The president has signed the second COVID-19 Relief bill which funds $285 billion into the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), which was created in April 2020. At Vanderbloemen, we were able to serve literally ...
- Created on 04 January 2021
- 4. Is Your Church Board Balanced?
- With all of the rules and regulations that churches are expected to follow, you may often wonder, "How is a church supposed to operate efficiently while staying in compliance with so many regulations? ...
- Created on 01 June 2020
- 5. Why You Might Not Want to Replace Your Departing Staff Member
- ... stions at Church Answers about staffing. Many of them focus on the amount of funds in a church budget that should be allocated for personnel costs. I am not sure those are the right questions. The better q ...
- Created on 31 July 2019
- 6. 10 Inexpensive Ways to Develop People on Your Team
- When budgets are stretched, development often is pushed to the back burner or cut altogether from the budget. This is dangerous for a team, which wishes to remain healthy and continue growing. If a team ...
- Created on 02 May 2019
- 7. Common Mistakes to Avoid When You're Making a Church Budget ...
- Every pastor and minister looks forward to their church's budget season. Well, not quite. If you talk to most pastors and ministers about their church budget, they usually respond with either a sigh o ...
- Created on 01 February 2018
- 8. This Pop Quiz Will Challenge What You Think You Know About Your Church
- ... every week whose Christian stories you don't know. 9. Is your church meeting budget? If you don't know this information, you might be surprised some day by what you find. 10. What percentage of your act ...
- Created on 12 October 2016
- 9. 14 Questions Church Leaders Should Ask About Finances
- ... reasons for this reality. A Checklist Today, I offer a checklist of questions. As you answer these questions, I hope you will be motivated to think how your church might look at its expenditures and budget ...
- Created on 07 October 2016
- 10. An Overlooked Technology Option for Churches on a Budget ...
- It's tempting to get the expensive IT equipment you need for your office, church or school at half price, and used IT equipment is very tempting indeed. However, not all second-hand computers and tablets ...
- Created on 19 September 2016
- 11. Churches Continue to Face Budget Shortfalls ...
- When it comes to finances, the new normal for American churches seems to be "just getting by." A third of Protestant senior pastors say their church's giving was under budget in 2015, according to LifeW ...
- Created on 14 March 2016
- 12. 8 Things to Keep in Mind When Budgeting ...
- Recently a senior pastor friend of mine attempting to lead his church of 180 in growth asked if I had any thoughts I could share with his governing board about crafting an effective budget for their church. ...
- Created on 03 November 2015
- 13. Here's a Solid Foundation on Which to Manage Your Church Budget ...
- You can have anything you want, just not everything you want. That's the mantra our staff hear me say every year as we begin the process of budget construction. It's a true statement, and yet loaded wi ...
- Created on 22 October 2015
