Banking2025-03-04T20:16:44-06:00

Banking

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could store our money in a piggy bank so it would be right at our fingertips? But in a world complicated with loans, thieves and online giving, banks are a dire necessity. What are some best practices when it comes to Banking?

Keeping Your Expansion Project on the Rails

By |June 13th, 2024|

Many factors are coming together to present challenges to current construction projects. During our time together, we will be discussing the most common derailers such as: ill-timed capital campaigns, lack of financial [...]

Debt, Financing, and Lending Readiness

By |February 1st, 2024|

Despite uncertainties in the financing market, your church may be in a place where you are considering financing for renovations or new building projects. We’ll discuss what many churches overlook about lending [...]

Faith Driven Investment Policies for Churches

By |January 10th, 2023|

Doing ministry in the twenty first century is expensive—and that was before the recent bout of inflation. Finding ways to generate increased returns on the resources the Lord has blessed and entrusted [...]

River Valley Church Receives $400,000 in Crypto Donations

By |February 15th, 2022|

Creating Catalysts of Generosity with Cryptocurrency An interview with Clynt Reddy, Executive Director of Operations for River Valley Church and Engiven. Each year River Valley hosts an annual event called Kingdom Builders, where they [...]

Negotiating and Managing Bank Debt

By |October 5th, 2021|

Debt is a challenge. Let's examine prudent and not so prudent debt. How much can your church afford and how much will make it sink.

Top 10 Reasons Church Loans are Declined

By |August 15th, 2019|

Join Fletch and leaders from Thrivent for an insider’s look into church loans. Both Chris Lewis and Teresa Loker have extensive experience that can pull back the curtain on these issues. When your [...]

Successful Church Project Planning

By |August 15th, 2019|

Getting a church loan is an area that most church leaders find murky and complicated. Chris Lewis from Thrivent has expertise from his years of helping churches with their borrowing capacity. The video [...]

Building Campaign that Falls Short

By |April 29th, 2019|

Hey Fletch … Two years ago we launched a building campaign for our church, but we fell short of our goals. Now the board has decided not to expand the building, but rather to [...]

What If Your Bank Closed Your Accounts Tomorrow?

By |March 15th, 2015|

Things don’t always turn out the way we expect. Some call this Murphy’s Law. Sociologists call it the Law of Unintended Consequences. People who work with money have long recognized this. In 1691 John Locke was [...]

Mobile Phones and Online Giving

By |May 31st, 2013|

With 87% of the U.S. adult population now carrying mobile phones, (52% of them internet-enabled smartphones), people are changing the way they buy things. According to a survey recently released by the Federal Reserve Bank, 15% [...]

Credit Card Policy and Forms

By |December 16th, 2012|

XPastor tries to help churches by providing some of the essentials for running a church---items like job descriptions, employment applications, review forms and policies.  Below is the Credit Card/Debit Card Policy and forms for [...]