Let’s be honest. Accounting can often take the back seat in the average church. Most don’t have a big paid staff with a trained accountant who can devote their day…

More than 30% of all faith-based giving happens during the last three months of the year, with 17% happening in December. Encourage generosity in your congregation with user-friendly giving tools.…

When it comes to church giving, it is extremely important to accurately track tithes and offerings, not only for legal and moral reasons, but also to keep your members happy.…

Welcome to our free Church Accounting Course, taught by Alex Acree, our in-house nonprofit accounting guru. Sign up to learn some simple, actionable backbone techniques and principles to start tracking…

Learn what you can do now to lead your church to financial health. We will share some of what we’ve learned in over 20 years of advising nonprofits and churches,…

A church budget is a roadmap to help make planning your expenses easier. Many churches take a “use it or lose it” stance on money, trusting God to provide more…

This article was an interesting one to write. The more I tried to answer whether pastors are self-employed, the more questions I realized I had. And the more fundamental they…

Pastors may receive money from their church for housing. But when it comes to the housing allowance a.k.a. rental allowance a.k.a. parsonage allowance, what are they? As I mentioned in…

Did You Know? Prior to the mid-1980s, church pastors and clergy were considered self-employed. Today the IRS declares pastors employees of the church, but they now have a mandated dual…

Churches are complex organizations that need special church financial software to help them make decisions and demonstrate transparency. The best church accounting practices start with a fund accounting system that…