A Good Read On Church Financing

djamal-soft الخميس، 26 مارس 2015
By Lelia Hall


Most churches in the world are owned by the community and play an increasingly big role in providing the community with facilities. They are significant venues for volunteering with many being used for counseling purposes on matters such as homelessness, drug and alcohol problems, finance and debt, parenting and mental health. Church financing is therefore necessary in making improvements on facilities that are essential to the congregation.

Important amenities such as catering and toilets have to present to ensure that the community remains integrated into the church as well as ease of access by the public. To avoid under using of the resources available, the above needs to be done in order to meet the necessities of this community.

Another need for funding is repairing of old buildings and items to increase their ability to serve the people better. After the repairing activities are complete, the people can now come together and talk about issues affecting them as well as spend time together. A church cannot hold events such as conferences if catering facilities are not present.

There are two broad categories of funding namely; internal and external. For the internal one, it wholly relies in the commitment on the congregation to give and raise funds. A request for regular donations on a monthly basis can be run by the leaders which depends on peoples focus towards the goals. Members can also organize their own activities that they can do individually to raise funds such as singing and marathons.

Auctioning of promises by members of the congregation can be done where they offer their time and skills in doing things like babysitting and baking for money. Formation of online giving systems by the use of inspiring slogans can be used hence making the internet a tool. This method can reach several people in a short time therefore very effective.

In addition, the community can also offer paid services to the public to raise other funds such as cleaning, washing, cooking and ironing. The members can also identify unwanted personal items and put them up for sale with one member managing the sales on behalf of the rest. The community in some instances can decide to dispose of a building they no longer have use for or need to raise funds. Members who have access to capital can also lend the church at low interest or none at all.

For the external funding, grants are the most common although they have a lot of paper work. Giving organizations will demand to see substantial progress being made in terms of direct giving as this shows commitment to the project. Commercial funding is another source of giving where companies that may have interest in a particular element of your building they fund it.

The net of the money to be collected can be increased by the church organizing events that will involve other members of the public other than the congregation. National lotteries are used though not very common due to their controversial nature hence the need of thinking over the matter together. A loan can also be secured by the church that should have a payment period of between 10 to 25 years.




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