Unified budget provides focus in a post-campaign year
FINANCE Monday, May 2nd, 2011Long Hollow Baptist Church has been in a continual season of capital campaign giving for the last 10 years.
How the 2010 Tax Relief Act affects churches
FINANCE Friday, April 1st, 2011The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Re authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, enacted in December
How to use financial controls
FINANCE, Financial Services Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Churches often see media coverage as a great way to get the word out about their ministry.
Cash reserves are key to your church’s financial health
FINANCE, Financial Services Monday, November 1st, 2010Churches these days receive regular reminders of the need to take stock of their financial health.
Online giving spurs an upturn in a down economy
FINANCE, Giving Friday, October 1st, 2010When Fellowship of the Parks Church in Keller, TX, provided online giving to their members
Rollovers solve the dilemma of managing retirement accounts
FINANCE Friday, October 1st, 2010Many former employees are ‘missing’ or ‘non-responsive’ to queries about their retirement accounts.
For the well-positioned church, now is a great time to borrow
Capital Campaigns, FINANCE, Financial Services Wednesday, September 1st, 2010The vast majority of banks have emerged from one of the most difficult periods in recent history somewhat battered and bruised, but fundamentally sound.
Banks are lending: Why now is a good time to secure financing
FINANCE Thursday, July 1st, 2010The media is full of stories about how tight credit has been for the last year or so, and how banks are just not lending.
The end is near: How to decide on your church’s fiscal year-end
FINANCE Friday, May 7th, 2010A while ago I was reviewing the financial statements of a Christian ministry shortly before the end of the year and noticed that the expenditures for the year exceeded income by a significant amount.
Get a handle on the new retirement regulations
FINANCE, Financial Services Wednesday, April 28th, 2010The Internal Revenue Service issued new rules and regulations affecting all 403(b) retirement plans in 2007. Most elements became effective January 1, 2009, with some delayed until January 1, 2010. You should be aware of three important issues about these new regulations as they relate to your church.
