The Church Money Manual: Best Practices for Finance and Stewardship

The Church Money Manual is the most up-to-date and easy-to-use handbook for churches seeking better ways to manage finances. Brief and straightforward chapters each focus on a specific problem or issue. The book covers topics of day-to-day operation and the perennially critical themes related to church money management and stewardship.

 Some examples include: 

· Planned giving and endowment funds.

· Strategies to increase end-of-year giving.

· First steps for the newly-appointed pastor.

· Pastors’ knowledge of donors and giving in their church.

· Timing of building projects and capital campaigns.

· Special offerings.

· Selecting members for the finance committee.

· What to do when giving is down.

· Preaching about tithing.

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• Whose Offering Plate Is It?: New Strategies for Financial Stewardship
• God vs. Money: Winning Strategies in the Combat Zone
• A Spirituality of Fundraising (Henri J.M. Nouwen Series Book 1)
• Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death
• Money Matters in Church: A Practical Guide for Leaders
• One-Minute Stewardship: Creative Ways to Talk about Money in Church
• The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001
• Ministry and Money: A Practical Guide for Pastors