church budget

I'm under the weather. The ball is in your court. Sit tight. They're pulling your leg. The writing is on the wall. I'm sure you have used or heard someone say something like this. These idioms are phrases where the meaning is not directly related to the words used, like "It's … [Read more...] about Church Budget: Living Document or Stone Tablet

I live in a town where traffic is mostly awful. It can take up to 45 minutes to get home from work - I only work 7 miles from home. Beyond the sheer number of drivers on the road during peak commute times, part of the problem is that the signal lights need to be synchronized to … [Read more...] about Why Church Budgets Are Not Based on Tithing

Building a church budget is a long journey filled with hopes and dreams of creative and new ways to accomplish the church's mission, vision, and goals for the upcoming year. In many instances, the entire process can take up to five months. As taught in Session 101, the church … [Read more...] about Session 105 – Finalize the Church Budget

Church budgeting Session 101 provided a solid foundation for creating the annual church budget. It supplied a working definition that a church budget is a cash flow plan to maximize the finances God entrusted to the church to accomplish the mission. The actionable items in … [Read more...] about Church Budgeting 104 – Comparing and Adjusting the Projected Income to Expenses

The Church Budgeting basics lessons equip churches with the basic steps to create an effective and accurate church budget. Lesson 103 E covered how to project compensation for exempt employees, and now it's time to estimate the compensation for non-exempt employees. Because most … [Read more...] about Church Budgeting 103 N – Building the Non-Exempt Employee Compensation Projection