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Protect, Sustain, Grow: Best Practices for Handling Your Church’s Money

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Managing church finances requires skill, dedication, and know-how, but also the heart of a steward.

Protect, Sustain, Grow: Best Practices for Handling Your Church’s Money provides practical advice, best practices, and resources for pastors, finance committee members, church treasurers, financial secretaries, and bookkeepers—all those charged with the sacred trust of protecting, sustaining, and growing the resources God has entrusted to your church.

Topics Include:

  • The Ministry of Financial Management
  • Protecting Your Church’s Money through Oversight and Integrity
  • Sustaining Your Church’s Ministry through Paying Attention
  • Growing Your Church’s Money through New Sources and Means of Giving

Protect, Sustain, Grow: Best Practices for Handling Your Church’s Money videos and resources are ecumenical and are designed for both self study and use by groups in your church.

Protect, Sustain, Grow: Best Practices for Handling Your Church’s Money is available on download for $45.

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Product Description

Video Introduction: “No Margin, No Mission”

Presented by Lovett H. Weems, Jr.

Presenters

Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.Dr. Ann A. MichelDr. Daryl L. Williams
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., is senior consultant of the Lewis Center and Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary.
Dr. Ann A. Michel is associate director of the Lewis Center and teaches in the areas of stewardship and leadership.
Dr. Daryl L. Williams is senior pastor of Saint Paul Church of Oxon Hill, Maryland, and is the former executive director of the United Methodist Foundation of the Baltimore Washington Conference.

Video Presentations

  • So You’re a Finance Person Now (7:57) by Dr. Daryl L. Williams
  • The Theology of Money (20:08) by Dr. Ann A. Michel
  • Best Practices in Financial Integrity (11:52) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • The Church’s Two Bottom Lines: Mission Fulfillment and Financial Sustainability (5:55) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • The Church’s Three Funds (9:10) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • Ten Tools to Help Review Financial Sustainability (18:58) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • Monitoring Giving More Realistically (7:51) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • Expanding Sources of Income (14:06) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • Expanding Ways People Can Give (10:10) by Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
  • Financial Management as Stewardship (20:08) by Dr. Daryl L. Williams

Written Materials

  • Best Practices in Financial Integrity
  • The Three Funds
  • The Three Funds — Supplemental Information
  • Ten Tools to Help Review Financial Sustainability
  • Monitoring Giving More Realistically
  • Expanding Sources of Income
  • Current Sources of Income Assessment Worksheet
  • New Sources of Income Assessment Worksheet
  • Expanding Ways People Can Give
Instructional Segments

Introduction
• Video: So You’re a Finance Person Now (7:57)
• Video: The Theology of Money (20:08)

Protect
• Video: Best Practices in Financial Integrity (11:52)
• Best Practices in Financial Integrity (PDF)

Sustain
• The Church’s Two Bottom Lines
• – Video: The Church’s Two Bottom Lines: Mission Fulfillment and Financial Sustainability (5:55)
• The Church’s Three Funds
• – Video: The Church’s Three Funds (9:19)
• – The Three Funds (PDF)
• – The Three Funds — Supplemental Information (PDF)
• Ten Tools to Help Review Financial Sustainability
• – Video: Ten Tools to Help Review Financial Sustainability (18:58)
• – Ten Tools to Help Review Financial Sustainability (PDF)
• Monitoring Giving More Realistically
• – Video: Monitoring Giving More Realistically (7:51)
• – Monitoring Giving More Realistically (PDF)

Grow
• Expanding Sources of Income
• – Video: Expanding Sources of Income (14:06)
• – Expanding Sources of Income (PDF)
• – Current Sources of Income Assessment Worksheet (PDF)
• – New Sources of Income Assessment Worksheet (PDF)
• Expanding Ways People Can Give
• – Video: Expanding Ways People Can Give (10:10)
• – Expanding Ways People Can Give (PDF)

Conclusion
• Video: Financial Management as Stewardship (20:08)

Additional information

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