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Category Archives: Church Finances and Business
Dealing with Tough Financial Times: Money, Morale & Momentum, Part 5
Here are Driscoll’s final 5 suggestions for maintaining morale and momentum in lean economic times — 5. Budgeting Eat what you kill and have a monthly and quarterly budget that you watch so you do not get too far behind. … Continue reading
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Dealing with Tough Financial Times: Money, Morale & Momentum, Part 4
Driscoll continues the series with 9 suggestions for keeping staff morale up and church momentum going in lean times. Here are the first four — 1. Morale The big dissatisfiers of staff are pay (including benefits) and policy, so the … Continue reading
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Dealing with Tough Financial Times: Money, Morale & Momentum, Part 3
Continuing the series based on Mark Driscoll’s suggestions for coping with the recession — 7. Real Estate This is the time for multi-campus churches to pursue real estate from dying and struggling churches that are facing an uncertain future and … Continue reading
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Dealing with Tough Financial Times: Money, Morale & Momentum, Part 2
The next 3 points from Mark Driscoll’s advice on coping with the recession — 4. Fairness When financial cuts need to be made, don’t subscribe to fairness and make cuts across the board and across all ministries and staff members. … Continue reading
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Dealing with Tough Financial Times: Money, Morale & Momentum, Part 1
My congregation’s giving is under budget. Tuscaloosa is actually much better off than many communities. I imagine there are many churches in near-desperate circumstances. And so I thought I’d share some financial advice from Mark Driscoll, at Seattle’s Mars Hill … Continue reading
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A Dozen Rules for Firing a Minister, Part 3
Rule 10. Hire him a counselor if need be Being fired is hard on a man and hard on a marriage. He’ll need someone to talk to, and counselors can keep secrets. Many insurance policies pay some or all the … Continue reading
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A Dozen Rules for Firing a Minister, Part 2
Rule 7. Don’t split your church I imagine that minister firings have split as many churches as any one doctrinal issue. It only happens when a large portion of the congregation considers the decision unfair. How does this happen? * … Continue reading
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A Dozen Rules for Firing a Minister, Part 1
I’m not sure when you’ll get to read this. You see, I can only discuss such a topic at a time when none of our ministers has recently resigned or is about to resign or is subject to the kind … Continue reading
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U.S. Income and Employment Taxes for Missionaries (corrected and expanded)
The U.S. income and Social Security tax system is complex beyond imagining. It’s especially complex for U.S. citizens serving oversees as missionaries. Most accountants and lawyers are unfamiliar with these rules, less so for how they work together with the … Continue reading
Financial Sin in the Churches of Christ
Church of Christ preachers and congregations are often guilty of serious financial sin, actions which they claim honor God. Let’s start with the preachers. Preachers Social Security In the Churches of Christ, most preachers opt out of Social Security, claiming … Continue reading
