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Church Finances

Just like a business, churches must keep the money coming in. From tithing to capital campaigns, this research center provides an in-depth look at how to improve your church's finances and ensure good stewardship.

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Church tech, part three:
Paperless stewardship
Does stewardship require a signature and a stamp? Or could electronic funds transfers eventually replace offering plates in churches?

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Church tech, part two:
The virtual world of data
The future for church management systems may be a place where rust does not corrupt and thieves cannot steal. Web-based software appeals to churches for its security and access.

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Good planning is good stewardship in church design
The stewardship challenge of a new church building plan begins long before drawings are started, it begins with reasonable expectations being set and understood by the building committee months prior to designing. By working early on to balance the size of the proposed facility with the church's budget and the cost of available materials, churches who plan well are also good stewards of the building fund.

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Three ways to grow a new generation of givers
Consultant Dan Hall offers proven ways churches can successfully disciple their younger members in stewardship and increase a congregation's spiritual growth in the process.

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Changing-up church: Multi-venue churches, Part 2
A suburban Kansas City congregation is using a multi-venue model to plant a church. They want to harness the evangelistic energy of a new body of believers without having to start from scratch. In addition, rather than creating their own community, the multi-venue Cedar Ridge Christian Church seeks to become a part of the local community.

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15 Dec 2004	Mission Initiative team examines innovative church growth models
25 Oct 2004	Pastors endorse political candidates unofficially
20 Oct 2004	Morris Architects forms Church Design Studio to help churches better plan for growth
14 Oct 2004	Groups to file IRS complaints against Miami church that hosted Kerry
12 Oct 2004	New study highlights plight of working poor
11 Oct 2004	Wash. D.C. church leaders say human needs should come before proposed baseball park
11 Oct 2004	Mission outreach begins with Penn. pastor, coffee can collection
06 Oct 2004	Lutherans exceed goal in 'fairly traded' coffee campaign
06 Oct 2004	Barna research calls for higher priority on children's ministry
24 Sep 2004	Lakewood Church-Central to use Daktronics video display system
17 Sep 2004	Church growth subject of new British reality show
13 Sep 2004	Church 'Pie Ladies' fund outreach
09 Sep 2004	Fla. ministers selling hurricane donations are jailed
08 Sep 2004	Hurricane Frances rips steeple off Fla. church
08 Sep 2004	Iraq envoy calls for help from Western Christians
07 Sep 2004	Indiana church offers free health care monthly to uninsured
02 Sep 2004	Church opens again after 20-year lapse
01 Sep 2004	Court rules congregation can keep its building despite leaving UMC denomination
20 Aug 2004	Florida pastor works with state to begin prison ministry
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