Deciding if it is time to outsource your bookkeeping responsibilities can be complex. Your church may have an administrative staff member who helps with the bookkeeping, but the church could be better served by freeing them to focus on ministry tasks rather than bookkeeping. Your church may be a new church plant that finds yourselves overwhelmed with ministry needs and would be better served by having an outside church bookkeeper take that task from your already overcrowded plate. Or your church may have an outstanding church bookkeeper who serves the church well, passionately serves with their gifts, and are an invaluable member of the ministry team.

After all the changes we have experienced in 2020, the budget your church’s leadership laid out in anticipation for this year is likely not a true representative of the realities and the current needs found in both your church and community.

As this season of PPP loans continues, it feels like the updates will never end. The SBA just released their latest update on August 4th to their FAQs regarding the Paycheck Protection Program.

Fraud within a church shakes a congregation. The speculation of fraud can do just as much damage as actual fraud, causing people to turn against one another. Just as preventing fraud should be a priority for churches, protecting those who serve in the capacity of a church’s bookkeeper should also be a priority.