Your church is considering purchasing new worship chairs for your sanctuary? If so, there are many factors you will need to consider of course. I have shared many of those thoughts in this collection of articles. I encourage you to look through them carefully before you purchase church chairs. I have been asked though, that if there was only ONE
Five New Year Budgeting Ideas to Save Your Church Money Start with prayer. Ask God to guide your team through the budgeting process and for the wisdom to make the best decisions for Christ’s local church. With the worst downturn that many people have seen in their lifetime many churches are being forced to make some difficult reductions in their
Yes, its winter right now… But now is the time may churches start preparing for the summer and Vacation Bible School or VBS. In the past our tiny church has spent over $1000 or VBS materials, supplies, prizes, and the like but this year we are hoping to save some money by looking beyond the normal resources and giving our
As we discussed last time, every capital campaign needs to address five basic leadership questions. What are we doing? Why are we doing it? Why are we doing it now? How will this be possible? What do you need me to do? The first two questions are fairly obvious and, as previously discussed, need to be addressed on both the
It could be said that a successful church capital campaign is the result of asking and answering a progressive series of questions. While each individual conversation during every campaign will have its own unique issues there are five questions that should be addressed at every opportunity. What are we doing? Why are we doing it? Why are we doing it
As we consider Biblical principles, how should we decide what type of church to build? The next two articles will contain some overarching practical concepts that need to be considered in deciding what to design and build. 1. The Facility Should be a Tool for Ministry A church building is first and foremost a “tool for ministry”. “If the iron
