Church Finance and Administration Resources
Church Finance and Administration Resources--a wide sampling of mandates, and policies in addition to guidance on a variety of subjects for those who serve in church administrative roles.
Are you the treasurer? check out the information on planned giving, stock gifts, stewardship teams, counting procedures, financial reviews and more.
Are you assisting with the personnel at the church? Check out the sabbatical policy, job descriptions, performance evaluation forms, compensation information and more.
Are you assisting with crisis management? Review the Injury Incident Report Form, Emergency Response Team Mandate, Crisis Communication guidelines, and other helpful materials.
Remember, these are samples from churches FOR churches.
Comments
Hi, Sheri, wondering if you've thought about those council functionary job descriptions, or if any other churches have made them up.
Thanks, Randy
Thank you very much, Sheri!
Sheri,
Do you have any suggested materials for large church accounting practices. As the church gets larger, at what point does it make sense to move away from cash based accounting to accrual? When do you begin depreciating assets rather than expensing them? Does it make sense to have financial statements for ministries (cost centers) when their budget reaches a certain amount?
Thanks,
Rick Kennedy
The controller at the CRC called Rick and talked to him about cash or accrual based accounting. Most smaller accounting systems have the ability for you to use the cash or accrual system. You would essentially start using the apply date and the expense would show up in payables until paid. The church would need to make a decision to move to accrual and communicate the change since some items will be handled differently on the reports. For example, if you purchased a computer, instead of this being expensed, it would show up under fixed assets on your balance sheet. The accrual system is definitely considered the better reporting system and it is pretty easy to move to the accrual system.
