Unified budget provides focus in a post-campaign year
Long Hollow Baptist Church has been in a continual season of capital campaign giving for the last 10 years.
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How the 2010 Tax Relief Act affects churches
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Re authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, enacted in December
Read More >How to use financial controls
Churches often see media coverage as a great way to get the word out about their ministry.
Read More >Cash reserves are key to your church’s financial health
Churches these days receive regular reminders of the need to take stock of their financial health.
Read More >Online giving spurs an upturn in a down economy
When Fellowship of the Parks Church in Keller, TX, provided online giving to their members
Read More >Rollovers solve the dilemma of managing retirement accounts
Many former employees are ‘missing’ or ‘non-responsive’ to queries about their retirement accounts.
Read More >For the well-positioned church, now is a great time to borrow
The vast majority of banks have emerged from one of the most difficult periods in recent history somewhat battered and bruised, but fundamentally sound.
Read More >Banks are lending: Why now is a good time to secure financing
The media is full of stories about how tight credit has been for the last year or so, and how banks are just not lending.
Read More >The end is near: How to decide on your church’s fiscal year-end
A 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.
Read More >Get a handle on the new retirement regulations
The 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.
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