Cutting Budgets2020-10-28T11:29:29-05:00

Cutting Budgets

Yikes! Whether you blame it on the economy, apathy or poor communication, contributions are down. Something has to be cut from the church budget. What should you cut? Staff? Salaries? Programs? Technology?

Budgeting Effectively During Economic Uncertainty

By |May 24th, 2023|

The unknowns of the economic uncertainty we face—including a possible recession and higher interest rates—can create challenges as well as potential opportunities for church leaders as they work to develop an effective budget. Join [...]

Budgeting in Uncertain Economic Times

By |July 26th, 2022|

Churches, like all organizations, are being impacted by inflation and economic uncertainty. What will the effect be on your ministry’s revenues, expenses, and future opportunities? How can you budget effectively amid this uncertainty and [...]

Eight Tips for Addressing Inflation Creep

By |June 24th, 2021|

How does a church make a mid-course adjustment to the vision, facility drawings, funding and timeline of a project when costs have increased significantly? Believe it or not, this is a very real scenario that [...]

How to Budget Effectively in Changing Times

By |October 27th, 2020|

The current pandemic and economic circumstances create uncertainty regarding future revenues, expenses, opportunities, and challenges. This brings shifting priorities, strategies and tactics. Let’s see how to tie budgets to strategy, even in uncertain times. [...]

6 Key Considerations for Budgeting in Changing Times

By |October 8th, 2020|

There is still considerable uncertainty about the global COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term effects. What will the effect be on your ministry’s future revenues, expenses, and opportunities? How can you best manage continually shifting [...]

Staff Budgets Are Cut

By |February 18th, 2019|

Hey Fletch … I’m been on staff at our megachurch for many years. Every year, I have to worry about the budget for my area being cut in the middle of the year, sometimes twice [...]

Limited Funds

By |July 2nd, 2018|

Monday, July 2, 2018 Hey David … You told me that doing this church plant was going to be a challenge. And you were so right. Our funds are so limited. I can barely afford [...]

Percentages of Budget by Ministry Area

By |June 11th, 2018|

Monday, June 11, 2018 Hey Doc … You answered my question regarding the average percentage of General Fund that is allocated towards Creative Arts. Are there rough percentages of General Fund expenses for Youth, [...]

Is Deficit Budgeting an Act of Faith?

By |April 14th, 2018|

Saturday, April 14, 2018 Hey Fletch … Our church is barely keeping the payroll and bills paid and we enter the budget process in June. Our elders keep casting a vision that requires 10% [...]

Purposeful Budgeting Infographic

By |September 3rd, 2017|

Virtually every church sets a budget. Is your budget aligned with your purpose and vision? Who can help you best define and set your budget? Kirk Morgan created this infographic using his class notes from [...]

How to Grow Ministry with Less Money

By |September 26th, 2015|

Recently I had the privilege of having David Fletcher talk with us on a NavXP webinar, “How to Grow Ministry with Less Money." He shared his wisdom, struggles, and stories of how vision clarity has been the guiding [...]

Budget Process Analysis

By |August 6th, 2015|

For a homework assignment in the XPastor Online Course, Operations 103—Finance, I chose to compare the budget process of First Assembly in Winston-Salem, Lakeside Church in Greensboro, Georgia, Berean Bible Church in Greene, New York [...]

Budget Vision

By |November 13th, 2014|

People get nervous when preachers talk about money. These thoughts aren’t about giving, but about the stewardship of how a church uses what is given. A church budget is a vision document. It tells the story, [...]

Is Your Church Reaching Its Budget?

By |September 5th, 2014|

Would it surprise you to learn that, of the churches recently surveyed by Giving Rocket, only fourteen percent were meeting or exceeding budget? Knowing that churches rely entirely on donations to survive, not meeting the [...]

Zero-Zero Based Budgets

By |December 17th, 2012|

I think David worked WAY too long, looking at WAY too many line items on WAY too many departmental budgets. Don't understand what I mean? Just read on, and be aware that his tongue was [...]

The Church and the Economic Crisis

By |December 6th, 2012|

As the French say, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This article was written about a past economic crisis, but the principles are stay the same---Fletch The economy is on [...]

An Economic Impact on American Churches

By |December 6th, 2012|

Having been invited by David Fletcher to participate in a panel on the topic of the current economy’s impact on churches, I decided to pull together some up-to-date information from Executive Pastors around the country. [...]