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2 Mar 2020 - How We Think About Church Budgeting
Episode 63 - 2 Mar 2020

How We Think About Church Budgeting

Brett Billman (Director of Finance at Watermark Community Church) joins Adam and John in the studio to talk about church budgets and financial stewardship. And this isn't just a topic for accountants. Brett shares practical information relevant to every church leader! For show notes and a downloadable Application Guide, visit https://www.watermarkresources.com/clp/7261-church-budgets

Episode Summary

Download the Church Budgeting Application Guide

This PDF resource contains notes from this episode and discussion questions for you and your team. We hope you find it to be helpful.

Here are 4 Principles for Healthy Church Budgets:

  1. Overwhelm people with seniority. If the people in charge of accounting are the only people pushing for healthy budgeting, then are missing out on a leadership opportunity. The Elders, senior leadership, or executive team should all buy in and prioritize caring about the budget. If the highest level of leadership does not care about budgeting, you will struggle to get anyone else to care. Consider having senior leadership cast vision for budgets and make key announcements......
  2. For more highlights and discussion questions, download this week's Application Guide!