CONGRETIONAL FINANCES
Resources for Financial Matters
Webinars, Workshops and Articles
Managing Your Church’s Balance Sheet: Church leaders need an understanding of a church’s debts and assets – two major components of the balance sheet. If you don’t quite know what we’re talking about, or have questions, this is the webinar for you. You’ll hear from experts with the Presbyterian Foundation, Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program, and New Covenant Trust Company. We will spend time on three aspects of church finances: – Understanding your balance sheet – Appropriate levels of debt and the process for acquiring debt – Matching assets with time horizons for optimal investment returns This webinar was hosted on May 23, 2023. (Please note: We have no control over any ads placed on these videos by YouTube.)
Building Transparency into Your Church Budget
Transparency keeps money from controlling the church, said Robert Hay, Senior Ministry Relations Officer with the Presbyterian Foundation.
Online Giving Program of the Presbyterian Foundation
How to do Stewardship
The Stewardship Navigator is a tool developed by the Presbyterian Foundation.
Project Regeneration
This program offered through the Presbyterian Foundation guides congregational leaders through a time of learning, research and prayer about the future of the congregation. How can we continue our ministries? What kind of legacy will we leave? What about our building and property? Many congregations are asking these questions in the face of all the changes we are facing.
Financial Requirements from the Book of Order
This is a guide published by the Presbytery of New Hope that sets up both requirements and recommendations for doing church finances in a decent and orderly way.
Financial Boundaries
In 2023 LeaderWise began offering a workshop on financial boundaries that is recommended for all congregations to make sure that you are protecting the resources you have for ministry.
Church Treasurers
Treasurers-Manual-PCUSA-Revised-Dec-2018
This Church Treasurer’s Manual was developed for all people in the local congregation who fit the category of Treasurer, whether you have the title or not. It is a resource guide that addresses a myriad of issues related specifically to Presbyterian churches. Written and edited by Edd Breeden.
Newly revised, reorganized, and updated, this manual was developed for church treasurers in the Presbyterian Church USA but is adaptable for any local church setting. You will find detailed information about the job of treasurer, setting up a financial team, processing contributions, sending statements to donors, record keeping, paying expenses, insurance, the complications of a minister’s salary, and so much more. the manual contains over one hundred pages of sample policies and template for you to adapt to your church. Do you have a Gift Acceptance Policy telling your congregation what kinds of gifts you will accept and what you will do with the money? Have you established a Reserve Fund or an Investment Policy? This is a treasure chest full of practical tools and ideas for the Church Treasurer with the small church in mind.
This book is available on most websites. ISBN is 979-8616103109 Some presbyteries have purchased a copy for each congregation.