Finance

By ECFVP Team
ECF's resources for vitality and innovation equip leaders to bring about transformation and positive change in our communities.
By Lisa Meeder Turnbull
Have you thought about building your congregation's budget around your mission story? Here's a template to help you get started.
A comprehensive, user-friendly manual which supports the increasingly complex work of all treasurers and parish administrators. Available in English and Spanish.
By Martin Spielman
I explore the fact that some folks are seeking God...but don't know where to start
By Gerald W. Keucher
Principles for managing clergy discretionary funds.
By Tyler D. Schleicher
If parishioners give electronically, how will their offerings get blessed? "I give electronically" cards may be the answer.
By Greg Syler
If you were to analyze giving and pledging trends in your congregation, what trends and patterns would you realize? This worksheet may help you begin this process.
A capital campaign is an opportunity to identify new leaders and create opportunities for mission and service.
By Jerry Keucher
How much should your church charge outside groups for short-term use or long-term rent of your space? This worksheet can help with the answer.
What does the Bible say? Here are a few passages of scripture that are often used for bible study, stewardship campaigns, or communication materials to reflect on God's gifts to us and our call to respond in gratitude.
The Congregational Vitality Assessment is designed to provide congregations with an assessment of its Vitality (how healthy it is) and its Sustainability (whether it has the people, financial, and contextual resources necessa…
By Jerry Keucher
Use this template for a financial report that is easily understood by all on the vestry.
How, when and why issue an RFP for your Endowment Funds?
The Budget: Strategy In Action
Stewardship Is A Way of Life
Who Does What?
Welcome to your gateway to online resources related to ECF’s Finance Resource Guide.
ECF staff discuss ideas and means by which you can make a charitable contribution to your local parish or other Episcopal charity during COVID-19.
It’s no secret. Parish budgets usually aren’t dynamic or compelling. They’re a series of numbers trapped in straight lines. Context is everything. In the right context, those numbers are the legend to a map: Where did we come…