Monday, January 12, 2009

Taylor Shanks- Church Budget- Week 1

Considering I had SUPER limited time to even obtain a budget from an already overly busy pastor, I decided to search online on a budget to dissect that might do for a substitute in trying to decipher the importance of church finances. 

So I choose the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's overall budget, which includes millions of dollars!

Here is their budget:
7.6 % spent on facilities, and communication and development services
19. 8% spent on denominational support and missions
20.7% spent on ministers and staff 
45% programs 

3 Observations:  
The most amount of money is spent on programming.
You would think they would be paying your staff more, more than on missions.
What are communication and development support besides helping facilities?

Taylor Shanks
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  1. Keith DruryJanuary 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM

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  2. Keith DruryJanuary 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    Taylor--at least you did a substitute... I didn;t use it in the collective since it wasn;t a local church--but you already know that a substitute is better than nothing ! ;-)

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