Category: Finances
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Don’t Let Your Buddy Do Your Church Plant Website
Publishing your church plant website has become an important part of the planting process here in the States. Everyone is going to check out who you are and what you’re about through your website, and usually very early in their relationship with you. Having a website establishes you in the community, helps you communicate, and […]
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Church Plant Finances
Your church plant needs to have some money-handling procedures in place to create an environment of trust and protect your staff & volunteers from accusation. Your church plant is seeing contributions come in from outside supporters and local givers. Different people are handling the checks (and sometimes cash) that are donated. Someone’s got to balance […]
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Church Plant Financial Audit
What’s the Problem? You want to handle your church plant finances with utmost integrity. But sometimes expediency or a situation that may feel like ‘necessity’ lures planters into sloppy financial practices. Do you want to be able to assure supporters & local givers that their investment in the Kingdom is being put to best use? […]
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Electronic Offering Voucher
One of the residual objections to using online giving at your church plant will be from people who like to make the offering an active, participatory part of the worship service. “If they just deduct it from my checking account, it doesn’t feel like giving.” Give Them Something to Give In light of the many […]
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How Much Do You Pay Church Plant Staff? (part 2 of 2) Church Plant Staff Benefits
Now that you’ve got a basis for how much to pay the first hires of your church plant, you need to consider what kind of church plant staff benefits to offer. Fringe Benefits Here’s a short list of non-salary benefits that are common in Corporate America. You’ll need to decide which to offer based on […]
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How Much to Pay Church Plant Staff (1 of 2)
Figuring out how much to pay church plant staff can be daunting, especially if you’ve never been in a lead pastor role. He are some resources to help you determine salaries and benefits. Before we jump right in to numbers, though, there are a few IRS-audit-avoidance things you should be considering in the hiring process. […]
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Opening Your Church Checking Account
Part 7 in the 7-part series, Open a Church Checking Account Of course you need a church checking account for your church plant to process donations, tithes & offerings, as well as pay expenses out of. Sometimes getting one open is easier said that done. What’s the Problem? Especially since 9/11, banks have to be […]
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Does My Church Plant Have to Apply for 501c3 Exemption?
There is some confusion about whether church plants have to apply for 501c3 exemption. This is a question I answer a lot. The short answer is: No, churches need not apply. But keep reading. What’s the Problem? You go to techsoup.org, or you go to the local store seeking a donation for a community service […]
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How to Tell Your Fundraising Story
If you’re in the church plant fundraising season (which is typically heavy at the front end, but continues at least through your second anniversary), you have to do a good job when you tell the story of your plant. You’ll be infinitely more compelling if you tell your fundraising story instead of regurgitating data. The […]