Church Planting: Budgeting and Stewarding Finances

A generous church can accomplish amazing things in a new community. Establishing a culture of generosity takes time and deliberate leadership. In this longer teaching, Rob Ketterling, lead pastor of River Valley Church, gives insight on how RVC has developed a reputation for exceptional generosity and sacrificial giving.

Handling money is more than good practice, it is a stewardship that ministers are accountable for. In this video Rollie Dimos, Director of Internal Audit for the Assemblies of God national office, gives basic principles for financial controls in your church. These principles will provide accountability and protect the church from abuse. Best of all you don't need to be an accountant to understand them.

Raising money for ministry can be an intimidating process. Once funds have been raised it is important to maintain positive relationships with your donors. Dean Sweetman from Tithe.ly gives expert advice on how to follow up well with donors in order to demonstrate follow up and encourage future partnerships.

Nobody likes to talk about lawsuits at church, but they happen more often than you think. In this video Chris Sexson of AG Financial and talks about how to assess and minimize risk legal liabilities in your church.

Elizabeth Farina, co-lead pastor at Liberty Church in Woodbury, MN, shares tips for fundraising in your pre-launch phase of your church plant.

For the past ten years, the CMN and AGTrust Matching Fund has been giving new churches the resources they need to launch well. In this video, Chris Railey and Mike McCrary discuss the value of matching funds.