Episcopal Church Foundation Vestry Papers - for leading congregations

The Budget: Strategy In Action

“Strategic thinking and action about your congregation’s finances, aligned with your mission and vision, will shape your faith community’s financial health and future. When it come to church finances, there is a concrete, tangible place where congregational leaders can go to understand your congregation’s current strategy and how to put the strategic planning into action – and that place is your budget.”
­ Finance Resource Guide, p. 38

• Mission-Based Budgeting: A Loving, Liberating, Life-Giving Process by Phyllis Jones, Vestry Papers, November 2018
• Mission-Based Budgeting: A Loving, Liberating, Life-Giving Process (Part 2) by Phyllis Jones, Vestry Papers, March 2019
• Mission-Based Budgeting: A Loving, Liberating, Life-Giving Practice an ECF webinar presented by Phyllis Jones, March 13, 2019
• Narrative Budget Template a tool submitted by Lisa Meeder Turnbull
• Fearless Finances—Parish Budgets an ECF webinar presented by Donald Romanik and Jerry Keucher, October 13, 2016
• Facing Financial Uncertainty, Testing and Re-testing the Budget by Greg Syler, an ECF Vital Practices blog, April 27, 2018
• Basics of Church Financial Reporting – Part I by Jerry Keucher, Vestry Papers, March 2017
• Basics of Church Financial Reporting – Part II by Jerry Keucher, Vestry Papers, March 2017

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