When one person controls your church’s finances, you’re not just understaffed. You’re exposed. Here’s what segregation of duties actually means in practice.

Churches aren’t exempt from everything. Here’s a practical look at where compliance matters, where money gets left on the table, and why it matters to God.

Most churches avoid audits. Here’s why the ones that invite them are better off, and what each reason actually means for your ministry.

An auditor, a controller, and a pastor walk into the same question. What Paul said in 2 Corinthians about self-examination sounds a lot like what a good audit does.

Most churches and nonprofits don’t need a fractional CFO at first. Here’s how to know where you actually are and what kind of help fits.

The word “audit” makes most pastors nervous, but it shouldn’t. Here are the five biggest misconceptions about church audits, and what you actually need to know before your church goes through one.

A pastor announces he’s leaving, and the explanation is almost always some version of the same sentence: “God is calling me to another church.” Sometimes there’s a geographic detail attached. Sometimes a vision statement. Sometimes it’s just left at that, as though the declaration itself closes the conversation. For a season, I worked as a […]

These are books written by team members, friends, and acquaintances of ours.

“If we don’t say the benefit out loud, how will they know it’s there?”

My grandfather used to say that you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. Putting together an organized and complete financial summary before you approach a bank for a loan is a great first step towards establishing trust with a prospective bank. You might also learn a thing or two about your church in the process.

As a PK, I grew up with my parents serving on staff together at a small church. My dad was the pastor, and my mom didn’t get paid, but make no mistake, they both worked there. Growing up with it, it never struck me as odd or out of place. These days, they even have a name for her: First Lady!

Much like learning my mom’s banana pudding, I start by observing. I watch how you operate, from your financial strategies to your operational workflows. Then, I work alongside you, helping refine and replicate those processes. Finally, I step into your shoes, testing and proving the systems under your supervision. By the end of our collaboration, you have a well-documented, scalable, and repeatable “recipe” for success.

Counting everyone who can fog a mirror every single week is unnecessary overhead. If it doesn’t change the way we operate, or create an actionable metric, we don’t bother

Introverted and Lonely—Two words that you probably wouldn’t use to describe your pastor, but are probably accurate

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Thinking about Shark Tank gave me an idea. Instead of trying to think of all the questions they need to be asking themselves, I decided to try to let the show lead them in the right direction.

[Warning: Satire ahead!] Jobs in ministry are among the easiest of any industry. We get to do what we love for the people we love in an environment we love. What could be better than a frictionless environment where everyone loves one another, and puts the needs of others ahead of their own?

The disconnect for nonprofits is that our customers, that is, those who use and benefit from our “products” are not the ones who provide the revenues.

As a professional layman, I deliberately and actively use my vocation and my vocational experiences and abilities to assist churches in their mission.

An acquaintance at a networking lunch, during a time of sharing prayer requests, asked for prayer as she searched for a church near her home where she and her children could get involved. She went on to tell us a horror story about visiting a church near her home. She arrived at the door, and the greeter asked if she was visiting. When she said yes, the greeter said, “Today’s probably not a good day to visit. We’re baptizing today. You should try back next week.”