"Our church is too small to worry about fooling with a budget."
"We've always gotten along fine without one."
"The treasurer knows where our money goes." |
 Any of these sound familiar? It's time for your church to consider adopting a budget!
Churches, just like families, need to have written budgets in order to excercise good financial stewardship. Just as a family budget helps direct spending, saving and investing goals, a church budget helps direct ministry planning. A good church budget ensures the fair distribution of funds and gives members a better idea of how they are spending God's money.
With the help of a stewardship consultant provided by the Kentucky Baptist Convention, your church can develop and implement an effective church budget. The consultant will lead your committee through the entire process in a one-evening session. You'll see sample budgets, explore all the benefits of adopting a budget plan, learn how to set up a budget and how to promote the use and understanding of the budget. |